The Biden administration recently rejected Republican Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine’s request for federal disaster assistance to mitigate the toxic chemical spill and fire, with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) saying natural disasters are classified as hurricanes, earthquakes, tornadoes and floods.
“I do think that’s a disaster,” Khanna said Friday. “These are working class folks, they’ve been abandoned by the country with NAFTA [North American Free Trade Agreement], with the World Trade Organization and the mission of China. Now they’ve got poison in their air, in their water. I don’t think it’s gotten enough media attention.”
“I think we should have administration officials there, the Department of Transportation and others to do town halls to answer questions. They need to be far more assertive; I mean, it’s awful what’s going on, and I don’t think we’ve done enough for people there,” he continued.
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