The president said that at present he has no plans to personally visit.
Biden did not specify a number of homes to be visited, but directed employees to get to as many as possible by Monday.
“Despite the U.S. Department of Transportation’s responsibility to ensure safe and reliable transport in the United States, you ignored the catastrophe for over a week,” the Kentucky Republican said in a letter to Buttigieg. “The American people deserve answers as to what caused the derailment, and DOT needs to provide an explanation for its leadership’s apathy in the face of this emergency.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre excoriated “political stunts that we’re seeing from the other side.”
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