Lines of Transportation Committee will come to order. For the purposes of a hearing. We are here this morning at the full for improving a rail safety and response to the bailment. The witness table. [background noises] [background noises] good morning everyone. They hearing will come to order. On february 3, the town of East Palestine, ohio experience a Hazardous Material event that no community should have to suffer from a Norfolk Southern train carrying Hazardous Materials crash just outside the town 38 cars, more than a quarter of the train was derailed. Plastic pellets for monday drilled cars caught fire engulfed other railcars including five carrying vinyl chloride. After burning for two days, authorities became concerned the vinyl chloride was undergoing a Chemical Reaction that made it bigger and more dangerous. They then initiate a controlled burn of the chloride and five tanks to create greater catastrophe pre2000 residents were forced to evacuate and a eight community was for
On many essential attributes of a plan. It would be extremely challenging too used to document as a document to hold the iris, the Treasury Department, or anybody else accountable for missteps. The few things it almost entirely lax are quantitative targets to measure against, backup data to analyze, and various key operational details including, for example, who at the irs or Treasury Department is ultimately responsible for making decisions on any particular issue. This does not give any detail on how the irs will implement secretary yellens 400,000 dollar pledge. And details really matter here. It also does not estimate what any of the 42 initiatives or 190 odd key projects are expected to cost or clearly answer the basic question of which initiative or key projects can be fully implemented with the 80 billion dollars in funding. What the document quietly admits is astonishing. Despite contrary rhetoric, the irate did not give the irs enough funding to fully realize the plans divisio
Minutes. Without objection, all members will have five legislative days to submit extraneous materials to the chair for inclusion in the record. I would like to take five minute heres for a brief opening statement. Mr. Huizenga congressional oversight a a constitutional authority, used to maintain the well being of government. This is a lesson i learned from my fellow congress sorry, weve got to make sure we get the timer going. There we go. This lesson of oversight was something that i learned from someone who is considered the lion of the house, john dingell. He was still in congress when i first came here and he taught me a couple of things. One, he called it the tyranny of the vote. Didnt matter who you were with, what you were doing, what was happening or where you were. When they rang the bells we had that time to go to the house floor to vote. The other was, our constitutional standing, our obligation, frankly, of oversight of administration. And he was an expert at that. Didnt
Democracy. Watch video on demand any time online at cspan. Org. And try our points of interest feature, a timeline tool that uses markers to quickly guide you to news worthy and interesting highlights of our coverage. Use points of interest any time online at cspan. Org. Michael cn official at the Government Accountability office, testifies on his agencys review of now Michael Clements testifies on his agencys review of the Signature Bank and Silicon Valley bank collapses. This runs about 90 minutes. Without objection, all members will have five legislative days to submit extraneous materials to the chair for inclusion in the record. I would like to take five minute heres for mr. Huizenga i would like to take five minute heres far brief opening state. Congressional oversight is a Constitutional Authority used to maintain the well being of our system of government. This is a lesson i learned from my fellow congress sorry surt the timer going. There we go. This lesson of oversight was so
[background noises] the committee will come to order. Take two. Thank you for being here today. I will not recognize myself for five minutes for the purposes os questioning the witness. Flood insurance is an issue is an important impact on my district in indiana. Arwhile we are firmly in americs heartland and have no risk of flooding froms, hurricanes, much of indianas ninth district sits along the ohio river running from aurora and Dearborn County anto walk new albany and along e river in harrison county. Indianas ninth district is also home to many creeks, ponds, lakes each of which can have a flooding impact on property, businesses and homes during times of heavy rainfall. Causing Property Damage and sometimes death. Just last september i was on the ground with the Indiana Department of Homeland Security for flooding that occurred in switzerland, jefferson in ohio counties in my district. Several years ago i worked for u. S. Senator dan coats and worked with stakeholders during the