Lets enjoy ourselves. This is a tremendous moment for jim and your family and lets just enjoy ourselveses for a little while. Well ask jim to say a few words. I want to hear what he has to say about his great talent, his great running ability. I find athletics to be extraordinary, i love it. Thank you for being here. Today it is my privilege to present our nations highest civilian honor, the president ial medal of freedom, to a legendary athlete and legendary runner, olympian and true american patriot, former congressman jim ryun. Jim, congratulations. Fantastic. [applause] were joined today by jims wife ann, thank you, ann, very much, congratulations. And various family members. But his son, where ned. Ned, thank you very much. Katherine, thank you very much. Im going to ask you to come up and say a few words, both of you, so you better be prepared. Got a lot of news back there. See im being nice today. I dont use the other word in front of the word news. But jims journey started with
Pres. Trump thank you, very much. Thank you. Thank you. [cheering and applause] thank you very much. Please, lets enjoy ourselves. This is a tremendous moment for jim and your family, and lets just enjoy ourselves for a little while. We will ask jim to say a few words. I want to hear what he has to say about his great talent, his great running ability. I find it to be extraordinary. I love it. Today, it is my privilege to present our nations highest civilian honor, the president ial medal of freedom, to a legendary athlete and legendary runner, olympian and true american patriot, former congressman, jim ryun. Jim, congratulations. Fantastic. Jim thank you very much. [cheering and applause] pres. Trump we are joined by jims wife anne. Thank you very much. And various family members. Where is ned . Ned, thank you very much. Catherine, thank you very much. I will ask both of you to come up and say a few words, so you better be prepared. I dont use the other word in front of the word news.
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We will come to order. Todays hearing will focus on the reauthorization of the fast act, the nations current surface transportation bill that expires on september 30. We will hear the priorities of key Public Transportation stakeholders. A longterm reauthorization bill is critical to providing the certainty of stability that transit agencies, cities andos d to make responsible transportation lighting decisions. Public transportation plays a key role in our nations economy there are over 400 30,000 workers employed and Public Transportation in the United States. Transit provides approximately 33 million trips every day. Taking Many Americans to and from work, school and medical appointments. Not just in big urban cities, but also small areas. We have found ourselves with yet another reauthorization where the Highway Trust Fund is a most significant issue that needs to be addressed. In order to advance a comprehensive longterm reauthorization bill. While this committee does not have juri
Test captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2008 mr. Willis, as a project thatle will have a ripple effect, can you speak to the impacts gateway will have on your members as well as the importance of having federal engagement on transportation projects that have an Economic Impact . Thank you, senator. What i can add is a couple things. When you talk to our members who have to operate the trains through the tunnels, maintain the signal systems, electrical systems, tracks themselves, they tell horror stories. We have a problem on our hands. You know the economic consequences of shutting down the tunnel, reduce capacity by 75 , but our members will tell you there is a real problem right now going on in there that needs to be addressed. We were hardened the administration changed the rating for portal bridge north, disappointed they did not do the same for the tunnel itself. The costs recently has been reduced by 1. 4 billion. Amtrak is kicking in several hundred extra million