Weve organized todays hearing. The 2016 election, the American People made a resounding call to drain the swamp. That is modern washington. And sadly this is a bipartisan problem. The American People have lost confidence in washington and especially in congress. And it isnt hard to see why. Enmeshed in back room deals and broken promises, our capitol has too often become a political playground for the powerful and well connected. For members of the permanent Political Class looking to accumulate more and more power at the expense of american taxpayers. As part of his promise to drain the swamp, President Trump strongly endorsed and campaigned on passing congressional term limits. Though our founders didnt include term limits in the constitution, they feared the creation of a permanent Political Class that existed parallel to rather than within american society. As Benjamin Franklin observed, quote, in free governments, the rulers are the servants. And the people their superiors. For th
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
Good morning, the subcommittee on communications and technology will come to order. And the chair recognizes himself five its with the statement. I begin thank you very much to our witnesses for being here today to examine the importance of a. M. Radio receivers in vehicles. A. Im radio has been an integral part of our society for well over a century, and at the americans local news serving is the backbone to our nations Emergency Communications infrastructure. Over 45 million americans tune into a am radio each month, they rely on it for local news Weather Sports and Emergency Alerts its unique frequency characteristics allow for signatures grabbed foreign wide overcoming geographical barriers and reach in both urban and remote areas. This makes a am radio and a valuable tool during times of crisis. When hurricanes, tornadoes, and other Natural Disasters strike, and am radio remains steadfast providing Vital Information to those in affected areas when other Communication Channels fail
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