Lizthank you so much for joining us on this. Friday. We know college. Comes with a lot of challenges. Even before he set foot into your 1st lecture hall or classroom. 1st. Youve got to compete to get in. There is also the cost this afternoon. We look into the growing list of factors causing concerns for bay area students and their families will have that conversation in just a few minutes. But 1st a look at your news headlines. A dramatic big rig fire snarled the bay bridge commute into san francisco. This morning. The fire engulfed the tractor. Trailer, which came to a stop on the shoulder. Just east of treasure. Island. The incident shut down some lanes for several hours, prompting chp to issue a severe traffic alert. Luckily, no injuries were reported. Oakland police say theyve made an arrest following a shooting at Skyline High School that came after last nights graduation ceremony. Investigators say the shooting happened as 2 groups of people got into a fight in the schools parkin
Im excited for today. We get into it. If you guyings could introduce yourself to the group. And how you came to which finds that recruiter or you know how to finds that dotted line and put up your hand for the oath. Alex. Im alex, u. S. Army, i joined the military because i came from a heritage my family in the military it was just normal for me to. I enjoy it serving in the military. That was a reason why to keep it in the family how long du serve. 11 years. Nice. You are in now. Still active duty. Great. Thank you. How about you, tanner. Im tanner, i was at the marines and i did 5 years 20132717. I always knew i uponed to be in the military. Like alec we have family members navy, army and all the above. I figured i would go in this one. And yea i did 5 years. And it was amazing. Iel you were take being pictures or video . For when i was there triple circumstance forefronting i marine corp tv serious. We were doing like documentary work, right. So we would cover like the first female
Corporation chair martin apologized and said he took full responsibility for deepseated Workplace Culture issues at the fbi see during fdic. This is about 90 minutes. The committee will come to order. The hearing today is entitled oversight of credential regularities. One additional comment for members about the schedule. This hearing has a hard stop at 2 00 p. M. So we will not go past 2 00 p. M. So now, i will recognize myself for four minutes to give an Opening Statement. There is plenty to discuss. You are first up. And we all know why. You have filled your employees. Your agency and the american people. The fact that you have not yet resigned proves you take no responsibility for your actions and the words you have used so far make it clear you take no spots abilities for your actions. Showing up today is not an act of courage, its an act of hubris. Hubris. Last week, we were confronted with a report. This includes your verbally abusive behavior. This is beyond partisanship. It is
House chairman sam graves is hear and we will hear from you soon. Chairman graves along with my colleague Ranking Member larson have worked hard on a bipartisan bill to pass a longterm faa reauthorization, so we thank you for that and im hopeful that we will be able to do the same here in a bipartisan fashion and finalize the bill into law before the end of 2023. This is a reminder that the aviation safety and the job of running the faa are not partisan endeavors, they are ensuring strong leadership at the top of americas chief aviation regulator and this should be our common goal. Mr. Whitakers nomination has drafted broad support not only from across the aisle but across from the Aviation Community. Supported by the aviation workforce, pilots, attend answers and enjoys broad support in the private sector of aviation. The foundation of support will serve well because the faa administrator has a big job over 44,000 workers across multiple lines of business from airports to air Traffic
[inaudible conversations] the subcommittee on railroad pipeline and Hazardous Materials will come to order. I ask unanimous consent that the chairman of the authorized to recess at any time during todays hearing. Without objection, so ordered. I ask unanimous consent the members not on the subcommittee be permitted to sit on the subcommittee for todays hearing and with out objection so ordered. Members want to enter document documents the record please email it to document ci at braille. Gov. Com. Before we discuss todays hearing id like to take a moment to remember our colleague congressman donald paine c jr. O passed away two weeks ago. It was a privilege to work with donald on thena subcommittee. It was clear to all who knew him the strong commitment Public Service was for his constituents. Im grateful for the opportunity to work alongside donald putting together a bipartisan Pipeline Safety legislation. He will be deeply missed here on the committee and i want to send my condolence