Today, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg pledged the Biden administration would “never forget the people of East Palestine” as he visited the site of the train derailment in Ohio that has left residents fearful of contaminated air and water. Buttigieg said his department is working to ensure such disasters don’t continue to happen. His visit came a day after former president Donald Trump made a campaign stop in the small town near the Pennsylvania border and accused the Biden administration of abandoning it.
President Biden, who returned late Wednesday from a visit to Ukraine and Poland, has no public events scheduled on Thursday.
