you shoulder an immense responsibility. not only have you, like i said, ferried world leaders who have come to visit your country, but you re also a crucial lifeline for ukraine. can you speak to that? some people say that railways is the lifeline. it s double important when we bring railway connection back overtaken cities. we got a task from the president to re-establish railway connection to overtaken cities as soon as our military troops retake it. why people call it a lifeline, because first of all they can travel safely, travel freely again. it s freedom to travel. second, we bring humanitarian aid in scale. so we bring the economy back to life. that s why some people say we re the lifeline of the country. what has changed for your network in this past year?
threatened by fanatical republicans. the freedom to travel is one of the defining characteristics that makes a country a country. the republican member of the house of representatives, who is now a candidate for the united states and, it from indiana, now advocates imposing a federal law that will ban any and all travel across state lines in the united states for the purposes of obtaining abortion services. here is congressman jim banks of indiana, in a radio interview last week. we have some very blue states that did not do what indiana did. indiana was the first state in the country, after the dobbs decision, to pass a pro-life bill. right. so there is much more that we must do, that we need to do, that i m going to fight for the house, and when i get to the senate, i m going to fight for it there to, figure out a way as well. i am for federal legislation i m for strong laws of the
protects our doctors in providing essential care the freedom to travel? in the 21st century, the freedom to travel within the united states is being threatened by fanatical republicans. the freedom to travel is one of the defining characteristics that makes a country a country. the republican member of the house of representatives, who is now a candidate for the united states and, it from indiana, now advocates imposing a federal law that will ban any and all travel across state lines in the united states for the purposes of obtaining abortion services. here is congressman jim banks of indiana, in a radio interview last week. we have some very blue states that did not do what indiana did. indiana was the first state in the country, after the dobbs decision, to pass a pro-life bill. right. so there is much more that we must do, that we need to do,
about to travel to the country. it allows the local consulate office to know who the american citizens are so if they have information, intelligence about some pending disaster or political unrest, they will then actually make an effort to contact you and find you and let you know what to do. so some of it is the united states is not trying to track every american who is overseas, and we should have the freedom to travel, but also an awareness about when we are traveling, we are taking risks. i m glad to hear that kathryn is safe and sound. many of these towns and remote areas are designed to cater to tourists. they are 100% dependent on money from overseas. so in this situation, it is in their interest as well to make sure that foreign tourists are taken care of. i will mention i have been stranded in kathmandu, which only has one runway when an airplane crashed and shut down everything. that s where people go everywhere from everest, to visit temples. it was about eight days where my