Here. Good morning to discuss the status of the National Rail network to have 140,000 miles of rail seven class one railroads and thousands of companies to ship products ands Raw Materials also and Intercity Passenger Rail Service operating on 22000 miles of that same network todays first panel president and ceo of amtrak and the executive director of the Development Corporation and the Economic Developers association testifying we will be. The Vice President corporation on behalf of the American Council mr. Randee gordon and the chairman to testify remotely and he didnt jeffries president and ceo association of american railroads and dennis pierce president of the teamsters rail conference. During this covid pandemic. In 1970 the real Passenger Service act was adopted to relieve our railroads on the common carrier to carry passengers. The statue created amtrak and provided real runs can be used by amtrak to offer intercity passenger real service, returns and compensation that are just
Welcome, everybody, to our hearing. Both those in the room and those that arent in the room. Before we start, i think its important, again, to note whats going on all around us, and that is the acknowledgement of Racial Injustice that has gone on for far too long in our country. I certainly support those who are speaking out and making their voices heard in a peaceful manner to bring about change. While change does not always come easily, i want to remind those watching this hearing today that change is possible. In december 2018, the first step that i first introduced became law. And i worked in partnership with several republican and democrat senators. Senator durbin was the lead person for the democrats. This law is the most significant criminal Justice Reform in a generation. A lot of people didnt think it was possible but we did it by working together, in a bipartisan way. But also working together in other ways to address racial disparities. Such as in health care, the c. A. R. E
Home, stay healthy, stay connected. Our rules are, stay home. No nonessential trips outside the household. We want people to work. Work from home if you can and if youre going to the workplace, practice all those good social, physical distancing guidelines we talked about like six feet distance between people and so forth. Avoid no groups above number of 10 people. That sort of thing. We want number three. We want to make sure people shop alone. So when you go out, go once a week, have a list, be efficient, get in the store, get out of the store. Stores are in an opportunity to catch the virus so be efficient when you go to the store, do not take your entire family to the store. One person goes shopping for everybody. And then of course we want to make sure we help kids socially distance by keeping them at home to play, avoiding playgrounds, dont do group sports. Help seniors, help them stay in by running err ands for them or shopping for them. So that they can avoid those crowds. And
Everybody has to move. Thank you for coming out. Im ginger, part of the event team. If you will do me a favor and check your cell phones and make sure they are turned to vibrate. We do 300 events around town each year. If you are not on our mailing list you can set up for our mailing list at the front. We send 3 or 4 emails a month. Tonight we welcome four contributors to the anthology appalachian reckoning. Anthony harkins, meredith mccarroll, bob hutton and ivy brashear. This is a diverse, complex and the management of response to hillbilly elegy a memoir of family and culture in crisis. I will turn the floor over to them. Anthony harkins is professor of history, the author of hillbilly, a cultural history of an american icon. Meredith mccarroll is director of writing and rhetoric, the author of race and film. T. R. C. Hutton teaches american studies at the university of tennessee and is the author of it is i will say this wrong. Blood he blessed. Politics and violence published to t
Improving the criminal justice system. [ applause ] thank you, ladies and gentlemen. Please be seated. Lieutenant governor amesworth, protem marsh, speaker pro tem gaston and speaker of the house, mat mccutcheon, member was legislature, justices of the supreme court, chief justice, tom parker, and my fellow alabamans, thank you for allowing me [ applause ] thank you for allowing me to address you tonight, and the 4. 8 million citizens for whom we all work. I want to give you an update on this place that we love and know and call our sweet home alabama. As you all can see tonight, im operating with one hand. My arm is not tied behind my back. Its just tied up. Its always something where its never too high for a high stepper. So ill be fine. Last month, i had the pleasure of joining you and many others across the state, in participating in alabamas bicentennial celebration. Thanks to all of the legislators, he would not only marked our first 200 years in fine fashion, but together, we be