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| https://walden.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/video-release-greg-walden-addresses-us-house-rail-safety-after-train | VIDEO RELEASE: Greg Walden addresses U.S. House on rail safety after train derailment near Mosier | 2016-06-08 | 2016 | 2016-06 | Republican | House | OR | Greg Walden | W000791 | walden.house.gov | legacy | VIDEO RELEASE: Greg Walden addresses U.S. House on rail safety after train derailment near Mosier Click here or on the image below to watch Walden’s speech WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Greg Walden (R-Hood River) today addressed the U.S. House of Representatives after Friday’s train derailment near Mosier in the Columbia Gorge. Walden pledged to continue working with federal, state, and local officials to learn more about what happened and what can be done to make sure it never happens again. Over the weekend, Walden visited the site of the incident to meet with community leaders and first responders. He has also been in close touch with federal, state, and local officials, transportation leaders in Congress, as well as the top executives from Union Pacific and BNSF Railway. A full transcript of Walden’s remarks is below: “Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I appreciate the opportunity to support this legislation today, and I commend the committees for their work on pipeline safety and pipeline safety improvement. But I also have to take this opportunity to, because the committee has done very good work on the FAST Act, to talk about rail safety. “This rail accident occurred 7 miles from my home in the National Scenic Area, the Columbia River Gorge, over the weekend. I was there not long after it happened. I met with the Incident Commanders. I met with the Fire Chief. I met with city officials, county officials. Let me just say that while you're protecting pipeline safety, and that's really important, we need to continue to make progress on rail safety and make sure that the new cars that were ordered by this Congress get put into service especially in this critical water way areas as soon as possible. “We need to make sure that track improvements are required, that new fasteners are used to deal with issues, where, in this case perhaps, it is a track separation issue. We need to make sure that our first responders get all the training they need, and the Department of Transportation finishes its work on rules for spill response and for safety. This is a critically important issue for the people I represent on both the Oregon and Washington sides of the Columbia River. These trains are going through, and we're having these kinds of situations. We need to make sure we have the most up to date safety, the most up to date training, and the safest cars and tracks possible. We're going to stay on this until that happens. Mr. Chairman, I yield back.” | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |