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2023-10-06 23:57:51 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: AA4CB69E7F3DE829E88A8E40AEFC8A7AF7E4E7942E4FDDB23303E96126159C42
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In a Feb. 16 Twitter thread, the chair of the federally independent National Transportation Safety Board, Jennifer Homendy, explained that the Obama rule the Trump administration rolled back would not have applied to that particular Norfolk Southern train. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2023/02/27/fact-check-ecp-brake-mandate-applied-high-hazard-flammable-trains-trump-obama/11338461002/ https://www.factcheck.org/2023/02/ntsb-chair-contradicts-posts-that-wrongly-claim-trump-to-blame-for-ohio-train-wreck/
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