House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., said he wants to wait and see whether yesterday’s deadly Metro train collision will require any congressional intervention. Hoyer said if investigators determine that a lack of funding resulted in equipment failure or breakdown that contributed to the accident, Congress would get involved.
Investigators said the trains in the crash were older and less able to sustain a significant impact, which may be resulted in more deaths.
“Clearly to the extent that it contributed to the injury and loss of life then we need to look at that and that will be the impetus for making those cars safer,” Hoyer said.
He added the the Congressional delegation from Maryland and Virginia as well as Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, D-D.C., would meet with investigators when they have completed their work on the crash.
