Good afternoon. The committee will come to order. The today the committee convenes for a hearing on the state of transportation and Critical Infrastructure examining the impact of the covid19 pandemic. I welcome our panel of witnesses and thank them for participating. Today we will hear from mr. John bazella, president and ceo, alliance for automotive innovation. Mr. Randy gill yot, chairman of the board, American Trucking associations. Mr. Ian jeffries, president and ceo association of american railroads. Mr. Alex oler, interim president and ceo interstate Natural Gas Association of america. And mr. Larry willis, president Transportation Trades Department aflcio. Thank you all for being here. I understand, mr. Gilliot is testifying remotely. Welcome to each and every one of you. The committee has conducted several oversight hearings on quid pro quo 19 including a comprehensive look at the aviation industry. We are considering the impact of the covid19 virus on surface transportation a
As the weather warms up in the u. K. Many people in seaside resorts are concerned about a possible 2nd wave of cases. Health officials in china are dealing with new clusters of the krona virus in the Northeastern Province of jill and thats despite their best efforts to end the outbreak and ambitious Mass Testing Program is underway and will hong where the virus was 1st discovered the goal is to test all of the citys 11000000 residents and just 2 weeks Old Health Organization is advised countries to test as many people as possible in this country just dont have that capacity or the virus largely under control across the country the rest of china is slowly reopening production is up and locked down cities with more schools and businesses reopening as well as more flights resuming on sunday and its Vaccine Development is moving forward but some drugs already had their 2nd phase of Clinical Trials chinese officials hope that they could move on to wider testing by july but as lee harding ex
Roadways this morning. They just cleared a crash that westbound 580. The bad news is were seeing some residual slowing. Of course east of there weve got the usual slow and go conditions as you head out of tracy into the liver more valley area. So the delays between mount house and grant line are in full effect. Some spots as far as your speeds go. Your drive time on 680 southbound. About 24 minutes. Im Katie Neilson at the live news desk happening right now in oakland. The homeless mothers who took over a vacant house on magnolia street are currently being evicted by the Alameda County Sheriffs Department. They wanted to draw attention to the homeless crisis thats happening around the bay area. They took over that house and have been living there since november. Those women went to court asking a judge to be allowed to stay but on friday the judge ordered the women to be evicted within 5 days. The Sheriffs Department there right now with deputies. We just saw some of them in handcuffs.
Routes, 10 stations and more than 100,000 annual riders. Rail is vital to mississippi. I have been a tireless advocate for the restoration of the gulf coast Passenger Service. It was suspended in 2005 after hurricane katerina. With funding support from dot , amtrak in the states im , pleased to report that mississippi, louisiana and alabama are likely again to have this amtrak route and that will give mississippi a third amtrak route. Restoration of the service would support growing populations centers, connect tourist destinations, bring new jobs and improve the regions quality of life. This will make a positive difference for the communities and the people of the mississippi gulf coast. This hearing provides opportunity to examine the state of Passenger Rail and consider how to support existing routes like the southwest chief and restore gulf port gulf coast service. In i introduced along with 2015, senator booker the Railroad Reform enhancement and efficiency act which reauthorized
These cable providers giving you a front row seat to democracy. Up next a house transportation and infrastructure subcommittee hears testimony from amtrak c. E. O. Steven gardner and the executive director of the northwest Corridor Commission on improving Train Service and efficiency. They also discuss passenger safety, route options in the midwest and west coast and high speed rail. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2023] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] the subcommittee will come to order. I ask unanimous consent that the chair may call recess at any time. Without objection, so ordered. I recognize myself for Opening Statement for five minutes. Todays hearing examines the current and future state of amtrak. The Infrastructure Investment and job act gave historic funding to railroads with a large portion of that money going to amtrak. Amtrak is a federally chartere