Will if you think of one you can quietly whip out your cell phone. Without further ado i want to bring to the stage the ceo of amtrak. [ applause ] thank you so much, thank you for that gracious introduction. It is great to see all of you. I have had a lot of great experiences in my life and my career, when i walked down the hall and see some of the other people at the podium this certainly ranks up with all of the highlights. I am delighted to be here. I do not to eat, i will not be stopping occasionally to put anything smart that i have set out. Not that i would say anything smart. The other thing i would say is it is not that much more expensive to upgrade to first class. Think about it, we need the money. Well, good afternoon. I thought i would read three things today very quickly and to be aware of time so there is plenty of time to talk about what you would like to talk about. I will give you a brief description of why i am here and why i am doing this, this is primarily so that
If you think of one you can quietly whip out your cell phone. Without further ado i want to bring to the stage the ceo of amtrak. [ applause ] thank you so much, thank you for that gracious introduction. It is great to see all of you. I have had a lot of great experiences in my life and my career, when i walked down the hall and see some of the other people at the podium this certainly ranks up with all of the highlights. I am delighted to be here. I do not to eat, i will not be stopping occasionally to put anything smart that i have set out. Not that i would say anything smart. The other thing i would say is it is not that much more expensive to upgrade to first class. Think about it, we need the money. Well, good afternoon. I thought i would read three things today very quickly and to be aware of time so there is plenty of time to talk about what you would like to talk about. I will give you a brief description of why i am here and why i am doing this, this is primarily so that my wi
If you think of one you can quietly whip out your cell phone. Without further ado i want to bring to the stage the ceo of amtrak. [ applause ] thank you so much, thank you for that gracious introduction. It is great to see all of you. I have had a lot of great experiences in my life and my career, when i walked down the hall and see some of the other people at the podium this certainly ranks up with all of the highlights. I am delighted to be here. I do not to eat, i will not be stopping occasionally to put anything smart that i have set out. Not that i would say anything smart. The other thing i would say is it is not that much more expensive to upgrade to first class. Think about it, we need the money. Well, good afternoon. I thought i would read three things today very quickly and to be aware of time so there is plenty of time to talk about what you would like to talk about. I will give you a brief description of why i am here and why i am doing this, this is primarily so that my wi
If you think of one you can quietly whip out your cell phone. Without further ado i want to bring to the stage the ceo of amtrak. [ applause ] thank you so much, thank you for that gracious introduction. It is great to see all of you. I have had a lot of great experiences in my life and my career, when i walked down the hall and see some of the other people at the podium this certainly ranks up with all of the highlights. I am delighted to be here. I do not to eat, i will not be stopping occasionally to put anything smart that i have set out. Not that i would say anything smart. The other thing i would say is it is not that much more expensive to upgrade to first class. Think about it, we need the money. Well, good afternoon. I thought i would read three things today very quickly and to be aware of time so there is plenty of time to talk about what you would like to talk about. I will give you a brief description of why i am here and why i am doing this, this is primarily so that my wi
Part of the program, that will give us a chance to hear from everyone and have maybe more than one round of questions. I am going to recognize the members in order of seniority. Those that were here and the latecomers, we will recognize them based on their arrival. E will go back and forth between the parties. I think most of you know that the 2014 appropriation cycle tested our endurance. It was only after the fiscal year started and after we had a Government Shutdown that the Budget Committee came to an agreement on the Discretionary Spending. Once we have that agreement enacted, we will do our sleeves and we went to work quickly and got a bipartisan on this appropriation bill. It is and thanks in no small part to our distinguished chairman, mr. Rogers, who is with us today. We hope this year will go more smoothly. We have got an agreement on the total Discretionary Spending that is in place. By that, i mean the way we are supposed to work and we will mark up our bills and subject th