Good morning. Welcome to the subcommittee on communication and technologies. Well, good morning, everyone. And welcome to the subcommittee on communication and technologies hearing on accountability and oversight of the federal communications commission. I am glad to welcome our witnesses back before the subcommittee. I know it has been serve months since we had you before us and i know that you have all missed the warm welcoming atmosphere of our hearing room. But despite that passage of time, many issues that were of concern to us then still remain unresolved today. For example, i asked about the investigation into phone carriers selling the realtime location of nearly every american. Mr. Chairman, you told me that even after more than a year had passed, we still couldnt tell whether this practice had stopped. Couldnt say whether the impacted individuals had been notified. Couldnt tell us if members of congress and Law Enforcement had their locations sold or tracked. In june of this
Oak ridge, tennessee. In is about an hour and 10 minutes. Good afternoon, everyone. Good afternoon. Glad you made it in the we have a eather but nice representation of people for what i any is going to be an exciting talk so were glad youre here. My name is harold cam bell. Museumfoundation board. Jim campbell whojust stepped in a momentago was the president oftheboard so ive astake the series oftalks. Dr. Mark dean agreedto do this talk several monthsago. Andhe was the firstwhen i saw when i came in so hes here. I thinkyoure in forapleasure ,and hearsome really neatthingsabout what is happening inhis career. And Atthe University of tennessee. A dean is an inventor and computer engineer. Hes local. He was raised in jefferson city. He went to that marvelous universityof tennessee. How Many University of tennessee fans in here . Show of hands. All right, way to go. So he got his first degree from the university of tennessee and went ahead and got his masters electrical e in e engineering
Today we will hear from department of transportation officials. The administrator of the federal railroad administration. The administrator of the federal Motor Carriers administration. And the deputy administrator of the national highway Traffic Safety administration. Welcome to each of you. Fixing americas surface transportation act of 2015 reauthorized many of the modal administrations responsible for ensuring the safety of our surface Transportation System. Fra. Ding fmcsa, nasa, and hearing provides our witnesses with the opportunity to discuss the implementation of and identify issues this committee should consider as we prepare for reauthorization. The act placed a greater focus on our nations multimodal freight i hope the witnesses will provide the committee with an update on efforts to improve infrastructure and how build grants are being utilized. Are the Commerce Committee considers reauthorizing the fast act, i plan on working with members on both sides of the aisle to auth
mile connections, long haul transportation and everything in between. it is also a major source of employment across our country. the trucking industry is a key component of our transportation network, and it is vital to our economy. today we are going to hear from stakeholders about the current state of tracking and have policy could aid in its safety, efficiency, and productivity, particularly as congress considers a surface transportation reauthorization. federal tracking policy has gone through many changes in the past decade, including changes in both the industry and regulatory changes at the federal motor carrier safety administration. of the many trucking issues i hear about from nebraska ends, hours of service is at the top of the list. the concerns i hear from truckers are consistent. these regulations are inflexible and do not reflect real world situations. further, because the trucking industry is so device, a one size fits all approach fails to provide common sen
mile connections, long haul transportation and everything in between. it is also a major source of employment across our country. the trucking industry is a key component of our transportation network, and it is vital to our economy. today we are going to hear from stakeholders about the current state of tracking and have policy could aid in its safety, efficiency, and productivity, particularly as congress considers a surface transportation reauthorization. federal tracking policy has gone through many changes in the past decade, including changes in both the industry and regulatory changes at the federal motor carrier safety administration. of the many trucking issues i hear about from nebraska ends, hours of service is at the top of the list. the concerns i hear from truckers are consistent. these regulations are inflexible and do not reflect real world situations. further, because the trucking industry is so device, a one size fits all approach fails to provide common sen