Here on cspan3, well take you live now to a hearing on amtraks response to the coronavirus pandemic. This hearing is already in process. While possibly only saving amtrak 213 million. Overall, the damage could top 3 billion if amtraks planned nine months of Degraded Service stretches another quarter to a full year. Ill finish. Thank you. The amtrak community was hit especially hard because several airlines say theyll drop service when the c. A. R. E. S. Act expires. Thats 67 cities facing air cutbacks. Nearly half, 31 of them, would all flew the same, sacramento, tampa, these routes touch nearly every corner of our country. On the empire builder on eight states from illinois to washington, those towns face a nearly 400 million blow. The north south city of new orleans between louisiana now produce nearly 134 million in economic benefits. It could wipe out as much as 88 million of that. Simply put, this drastically reduced utility of a nationwide Network Operating three days a week, mak
Nations rail Service Needs 4 billion to stay afloat for fiscal year 2021. He made the comments in testimony before the house transportation subcommittee on railroads. The subcommittee will come to order. I ask unanimous consent that the chair declare a recess at any time during todays hearing. Without objection so ordered. I also ask unanimous consent that the subcommittee be permitted to sit with the subcommittee at todays hearing and ask questions. Without objection so ordered. This is a hybrid hearing. I want to remind members of key regulations from the House Committee on rules to ensure that the hearing goes smoothly. Members must be visible on screen for the purposes of identification when joining this hearing. Members must also continue to use the video function on todays Software Platform cisco webx for the remainder of the time they are attending this hearing, unless experiencing connectivity issues or other technical problems. If a member is experiencing any connectivity issu
You are watching American History tv, covering history cspan style, with event coverage, eyewitness accounts, archival films, lectures, and college visits to museums and historic places. All weekend, every weekend on cspan 3. Bidens record is a shameful roll call of the most catastrophic the trails and blunders in our lifetime. He has spent his entire career on the wrong side of history. Our current president has failed in his most basic duty to the nation. He has failed to protect us. He has failed to protect america, and my fellow americans, that is unforgivable. The first president ial debate between President Donald Trump and former Vice President joe biden is tuesday september 29th at 9 pm eastern. Watch live coverage on cspan. Watch Live Streaming and on demand at cspan. Org, or listened live on the free cspan radio app. 75 years ago in the summer of 1945, the United States dropped two atomic bombs on japan. One was on hiroshima on august 6th and the other on nagasaki on august 9
Wilmington, delaware. My family had a Construction Business there, which was quite old. It is still in business. And i went to school in delaware, i went to the university of delaware. So my history basically was in delaware before i went into the service. Now i tried to enlist in the service the minute we were attacked by japan. But i was colorblind. And i could not get in. But they had what they called the enlisted reserve corps. Which they let College Students go into with the idea that you would serve a basic training and then you would go back to school, and the thinking was maybe this war wasnt going to go too far. So you would go back to school and you would start again wherever you left off. I went to try to enlist, but i was colorblind. Had to go back. Finally i got in the army. But i was restricted in what i could do. I went to texas for basic training. I spent 16 weeks in texas. They sent me from texas to the university of connecticut to continue my education. And unfortunat
The richest country in the world as we have been told many times. The government doesnt have it. Who does have it . Article, thein the anyent administration feels money spent on the middle class or the poor is bad for the economy. I cant believe anybody believes that. Trajectory is like the end of the Great Depression where nobody has any money except rich people. He could not have gotten out of that if it wasnt for the war. Roberto in houston, texas, good morning. Caller i will go ahead and tell the american audience. Book will beext titled the future american middle class. Subtopic should be role in demographics creating a new middle class in america. Harris is a perfect example of immigrant class, professional and she made it. The next book should maybe address this and also the of it in america including drugs. Thank you. Ost thanks for that from the wall street journal mnuchin to offer more relief funds. They write treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin urged congress to appropriate mo