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Senator Johnson Talking Trains
What’s one way that America could reduce the number of accidents involving
oil trains? Senator Ron Johnson says, why not transport more oil through pipelines and less by train? The Republican Senator was asked about rail safety while visiting the Amtrak depot in La Crosse, where the county Republican Party currently has its headquarters. Johnson would like to see a study of oil transportation safety:
Senator Johnson is bothered that President Obama opposes the Keystone pipeline proposed through the Dakotas and Nebraska.