Order. Thank you all for being here, good morning. Today the committee can means to discuss the status of the National Rail network in the country is 140,000 miles of freight rail in class one railroads over 600 freight railroads and thousands of Companies Using braille to ship products and raw materials, we also have an intercity passenger real service amtrak operating on 22000 miles of the same network including over 500 stations. Todays first panel of witnesses will feature mr. William flynn ceo of amtrak and the executive director of the Development Corporation in Montana Development association who will testify remotely. Todays second panel will include mr. Frank Vice President Global Supply chain on behalf of of the council testifying remotely, mr. Randy, the president and ceo of the association, the chairman and National Council testifying remotely in the association of American Railroad and mr. Dennis pierce, president teamsters real conference testifying remotely. We appreciat
to declare resistance on the committee at any time. welcome everybody to this morning s hearing, i m invoking rewrites to the ongoing crisis in abortion care and access. before we begin, i d like to remind members we have established an email address in distribution list educated to circulating exhibits motions and other materials the members might want to offer as part of our hearing today. if you would like to submit materials, please send them to the email address that has been previously distributed to your offices and we will circulate the materials to members of the staff as quickly as we can. i will now recognize myself for an opening statement. two weeks ago in a leak of a draft opinion from the supreme court, we learned that for the first time in its history the court may be on the precipice of overturning president to take away a constitutional right. so doing, it would be revoked the constitutional right to abortion. a fundamental right first recognized almost 50
ages past. you are our hope for the years to come. we trust the power of your prevailing providence to break this impeachment trial to the conclusion you desire. lord, we acknowledge that your thoughts are not our thoughts. and your ways are not our ways. for as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are your thoughts higher than our thoughts. and your ways higher than our ways. lord, we love you. empower our centers, renew their strength. we pray in your dependable name, amen. join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our flag. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america. and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god indivisible with liberty and justice for all. senators, please be seated. if there s no objection, the proceedings of the trial are approved to date. sgt. and arms will make the proclamation. here you, hear ye. keep silent the senate of the united states sitting for the trial of the articles of impeachment exh
and the light. unite our senators. in their striving to do your will. lord, you have been our help in ages past. hope for the years to come. power of your prevailing providence to bring to thepeachment trial conclusion you desire. that yourcknowledge thoughts are not our thoughts. and your ways are not our ways. for as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are your thoughts higher than our thoughts. higher than our ways. lord, we love you. senators, renew their strength. your dependable name. amen. please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our flag. allegiance, to the flag, of the united states of america. and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. senators, please be seated. if there s no objection, the proceedings of the trial if there is no objection, the journal of proceedings for the trial are approved today. the sergeant at arm s will make a proclamation. hair you, harry, all per
this impeachment trial to the conclusion you desire. lord, we acknowledge that your thoughts are not our thoughts. and your ways are not our ways. for as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are your thoughts higher than our thoughts. and your ways higher than our ways. lord, we love you. empower our centers, renew their strength. we pray in your dependable name, amen. join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance to our flag. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america. and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god indivisible with liberty and justice for all. senators, please be seated. if there s no objection, the proceedings of the trial are approved to date. sgt. and arms will make the proclamation. here you, hear ye. keep silent the senate of the united states sitting for the trial of the articles of impeachment exhibited by the house of representatives against donald john trump, president of the united states. the majorit