{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://www.blumenthal.senate.gov/newsroom/press/release/blumenthal-statement-on-metro-north-announcement-of-sleep-apnea-tests-for-engineers", "Blumenthal Statement On Metro-North Announcement Of Sleep Apnea Tests For Engineers", "2014-12-15", "2014", "2014-12", "Democrat", "House", "CT", "Richard Blumenthal", "B001277", "www.blumenthal.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Blumenthal Statement On Metro-North Announcement Of Sleep Apnea Tests For Engineers\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tPrint\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t Tweet\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tMonday, December 15, 2014\n\t\t\t\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n(Washington, D.C.) \u2013 U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) today released the following statement after Metro-North Railroad announced the beginning of a new pilot program to screen all locomotive engineers for sleep apnea, which played a critical role in the crash at Spuyten Duyvil in December 2013.\r\n\u201cThis step is progress \u2013 an urgently needed safety system that I've repeatedly urged.\u00a0The testing needs to be more than temporary, so I call on Metro-North to commit to and implement immediately a permanent, effective testing regimen as recommended by the National Transportation Safety Board.\u00a0Sadly, had this type of testing been in place the medical condition that caused a train engineer to fall into a sleeplike \u2018daze\u2019 and crash at Spuyten Duyvil in December 2013 likely would have been caught \u2013 and lives would have been saved.\u00a0I also renew my call that the Federal Railroad Administration move forward immediately with implementing a Fatigue Risk Management System for railroads, which will further help curb dangerous conditions tied to sleep disorders.\u201d\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tPress Contact\n\t\t\t\t\tJosh Zembik (DC) - 202-224-6452 Josh_Zembik@blumenthal.senate.gov Elizabeth Benton (CT) - 860-729-3589 Elizabeth_Benton@blumenthal.senate.gov", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["http://www.blumenthal.senate.gov/newsroom/press/release/blumenthal-statement-on-metro-north-announcement-of-sleep-apnea-tests-for-engineers"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.2909960243850946, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}