That we are never never lose face like this again. Sunday night at 8 00 p. M. Eastern on cspans q a. Announcer house transportation and infrastructure subcommittee on railroads held a meeting yesterday on recent train crashes and positive train control, which automatically stops trains in dangerous situations grade we hear from witnesses from the federal Railroad Administration, the natural Transportation Safety Board National Transportation Safety board, and amtrak. Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare a recess at any time. I ask unanimous consent ask questions without objection so ordered. Good morning and welcome to the subcommittee on railroads, pipelines, and Hazardous Materials. Before we proceed, i would like to extend our deepest sympathies to those impacted by the recent rail accidents across the United States. Todays hearing focuses on the of limitation of positive train control across the United States and as we have seen, we are in need of an update. Ptc is
Federal Officials Say the Safety System could have prevented recent a real mans including amtrak trains the House Transportation Committee hearing includes testimony from witnesses representing the federal Railroad Administration, ntsb and freight rail companies. This is two hours. [inaudible conversations] the committee will come to order. Without objection the chair is authorized to declare a recess at any time i ask in his consent members be permitted to sit and ask questions without objection so ordered good morning welcome to the subcommittee on railroads pipeline and Hazardous Materials before we proceed i would like to extend our deepest sympathies to those impacted by the recent rail accidents across the United States. Todays hearing focus is on positive train control across United States and as we have seen we are in need of an update, ptc has a challenging process for the Railroad Industry despite these it is a top priority and we must investigate and find solutions to implem
[inaudible conversations] the committee will come to order. Without objection the chair is authorized to declare a recess at any time i ask in his consent members be permitted to sit and ask questions without objection so ordered good morning welcome to the subcommittee on railroads pipeline and Hazardous Materials before we proceed i would like to extend our deepest sympathies to those impacted by the recent rail accidents across the United States. Todays hearing focus is on positive train control across United States and as we have seen we are in need of an update, ptc has a challenging process for the Railroad Industry despite these it is a top priority and we must investigate and find solutions to implementation obstacles and that is the purpose today to hear the limitations status of ptc across United States i now welcome the Ranking Member for massachusetts to make the opening statement. I asked consent to include the staff. Without objection two a generally keep my opening remar
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