WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Sen. Maria Cantwell issued the following press release:
This week, U.S. Senators Maria Cantwell (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, and Edward Markey (D-MA) sent a letter to Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) Administrator Derek Barrs requesting information on the agency's tracking of large truck and bus crashes following a ProPublica/WBUR investigative report (https://www.propublica.org/article/boston-school-bus-crash-record-lens-joseph-transdev) that crash data is not being properly received and recorded. This lack of accurate data makes it difficult for FMCSA to appropriately sanction companies that put the public at risk.
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