BREAKING: Secretary Buttigieg will visit East Palestine, Ohio, amid criticism of his response to the train derailment.
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg will travel to East Palestine, Ohio, on Thursday, more than two weeks after a Norfolk Southern and sparked serious concerns about risks to residents' health and the environment.
"I have followed the normal practice of transportation secretaries in the early days after a crash, allowing NTSB to lead the safety work and staying out of their way," he told CBS News political correspondent Caitlin Huey Burns."But I am very eager to have conversations with people in East Palestine about how this is impacted them."
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