The subcommittee will come to order. Our minds are elsewhere because of what happened at the baseball practice field menn of one to once again mention those two Brave Police Officers ever injured with a member and former member of the staff so we do not forget them and we wish there full recovery. Still with that be welcome secretary chao with fiscal year 2018 budget secretary chao comes to this position with frankly one of the most to impressive records of Public Service having served as chair as the Maritime Commission the department of transportation director of the peace corps not to mention in leadership positions in the private sector and not for profit you have large and complex organizations were fortunate to have somebody of your expertise and experience and knowledge facing deity as we face some challenges but nobody is more prepared than we have agreed to come back to Public Service has to always have. I work look forward to working with you to maintain the safety of our Tra
The subcommittee will come to order. Our minds are elsewhere because of what happened at the baseball practice field menn of one to once again mention those two Brave Police Officers ever injured with a member and former member of the staff so we do not forget them and we wish there full recovery. Still with that be welcome secretary chao with fiscal year 2018 budget secretary chao comes to this position with frankly one of the most to impressive records of Public Service having served as chair as the Maritime Commission the department of transportation director of the peace corps not to mention in leadership positions in the private sector and not for profit you have large and complex organizations were fortunate to have somebody of your expertise and experience and knowledge facing deity as we face some challenges but nobody is more prepared than we have agreed to come back to Public Service has to always have. I work look forward to working with you to maintain the safety of our Tra
Cspan programs are available at cspan. Org. It is on our homepage or video library. Secretarysportation alain shout testifies on a president s 2018 budget request and other priorities for her department. From houseuestions members about the president s plan to privatize the nations air Traffic Control system and reductions to transportation projects. This is two hours. The subcommittee will come to order. Before i began, i know that all of our minds are a little bit elsewhere because of the incident yesterday at the baseball practice field. I just wanted to, once again mention how all of us are whip,g for, obviously the steve scalise. The two Brave Police Officers along with a member of the staff and a former member of the staff who were injured. We cannot forget them and we do not. We wish their full recoveries. With that, this morning we welcome secretary chao to testify for the department of transportation 2018 budget. I dont have to tell any of you that secretary chao comes to this
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Good afternoon. This is not my microphone. Im not used to it. Thank you for joining us for the program who will discuss her book in american story. Im the programming and Outreach Coordinator here at the public library. At this time i would like to ask that you turn off or silence all of your electronic devices. Also, at the end of the program, we will have time for a question and answer and then be available under a skylight to autograph books. We do still have a few available if you are interested in purchasing a book. Also with the qanda, i just want to make sure we are going to be on our best behavior. [laughter] shes here to talk about her book. She is not a politician. And you will get to ask questions like i said you will raise your hand, i will bring you the microphone and please dont Start Talking until i have the microphone right in front of your face. As i said they are 27 they will be available to purchase after the program. They are 27 that can be cash or checks made out t