Thank you, chairwoman brown. I now recognize mr. Gardner, you may proceed. Mr. Gardner thank you, chairman lipinsk lipinski, the Ranking Member, and thank you for the opportunity to testify today Service Transportation boards key role in enabling amtrak to effectively serve the nation. Strongly support the s. T. B. Needs ieve the board updated authority for Passenger Rail so we can achieve the ontime evels and erformance your constituents deserve. Ongress took amtrak on for the job. Common carrier obligations for assengers and the associated operating losses for passenger service, the freights agreed to whereverrak to operate and whenever it wanted over their lives. Trains with trak dispatching preference over freight and to empower what is the s. T. B. To ensure amtraks access to the rail network. 50 years since the Freight Railroads agreed eagerly to this bargain and yet many of our host railroads fall short in ulfilling some of these key obligation obligations. Mr. Gardner, if youll
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From high risk areas the move which begins on saturday is in response to rising numbers of Infections Health minister says the tests are essential for Public Safety it follows a recent spike in corona virus cases in germany. The us state of new york has filed a lawsuit seeking to dissolve the National Rifle Association States attorney general Leticia James accuse the gun lobbys top executives of corruption and financial mismanagement a separate lawsuit against the group has been filed in washington d. C. The n. R. A. Has called the allegations basis. This is the news from berlin you can follow us on twitter and instagram or visit our website w dot com. 48 hours after the blast it was the french president who today surveyed the damage and listened to beiruts broken people some cried out for a revolution some called for foreign intervention to topple the government tonight the city that was once called the paris of the middle east is looking to france like never before in french presiden
This morning based on nine separate institutions indicating that we could potentially see another 22 thousand deaths here in the United States by mid june 22 thousand deaths here in the United States by mid june. A reminder that the house is in recess this week. The senate is in session. 2. Ve coverage on cspan as we approach memorial day weekend, we want to hear from you, your top concern as your state begins to reopen. All 50 states reopening this week. If you recently returned to work, here is the number. Anyou are a Business Owner, essential worker, here is the number. , here is thes number. If it seems a little bit different today, we are coming to you from my home and also a satellite location where this program is being directed. We will get your phone calls in just a moment. I reminder that the Senate Government Homeland Affairs committee will be holding a hearing this morning looking into a couple of things, including joe biden and his son hunter and his connection to the Ukra
International. Suffered its 1st automatic hold in trading in more than 2 decades after stocks fell nearly 8 percent shares were spooked by the biggest collapse in the oil price in the ninetys before rebounding slightly as saudi arabia stepped up its price war. And in the u. S. The dow plunged more than 2000 points the worst one day point drop ever prompted by Oil Price War that stunned markets around the world we have a huge market event yesterday as a lot of investors repriced all the shock the crash restart markets and the 2000 point swing on the dow its the same for what happens today Business News now starting with the crude oil markets as they try to bounce back from their worst day since 1991 or prices plunged 30 percent on whats been dubbed black monday in the biggest single day force since the 1st iraq war it was sparked by a spat between top crude suppliers we had a mosque who couldnt agree a deal on production. Saudi arabia says that it will slash oil prices to grab market sh