By your television provider. Now an update on cleanup efforts related to water contamination at u. S. Military bases. A task force was created in july last year to address the issue. Military representatives on the task force testify about cleanup efforts, coordination between various governmental agencies involved and research on a safe chemical replacement. Ladies and gentlemen, i call this committee of the readiness subcommittee to order. Ive got to do the boilerplate, so stand by. Ill do it as quickly as i possibly can. I would like to welcome the members who are joining todays markup remotely. Those members are reminded they must be visible on screen within the Software Platform for the purposes of identifying verification when joining the proceeding, establishing and maintaining a quorum participating in the proceeding and voting. Members participating remotely must continues to use the Software Platform video function while attending the proceedings unless they experience connec
By the dawns early light. What so proudly we hailed. By the twilights last gleaming. Whose broad stripes and bright stars. Through the perilous fight or the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming. And the rockets red glare. The bombs bursting in air. Gave proof through the night. That our flag was still there. Oh say does that starspangled banner yet wave. Over the land of the free. And the home of the brave. [applause] i pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america. For one nation for liberty and justice for all. Thank you to the 177 fighter wing from the new Jersey National guard for providing coverage for this evening ceremony. Tonights invocation we are pleased to have with us u. S. Senate chaplain black serving in the u. S. Navy for over 27 years and completed his distinguished military career as the chief of navy chaplains. June 2003 the rear admiral was elected to serve as the 62nd chaplain of the United States senate and has been in that role ever sinc
We are holding this hearing virtually in compliance with the regulations for Remote Committee proceedings pursuant to House Resolution 965. This is the third virtual subCommittee Hearing and the ways and Means Committee. As with our previous hearings i want members to know that i plan to continue this committees long tradition of collegiality and substantial debate, substantive debate, even as we conduct our business from afar. I will continue to work with the Ranking Member, mr. Smith, and his staff to ensure that the rights of all members are resected in these new virtual formats. Before i turn to todays important topic i want to remind members of a few procedural to help you navigate this new platform. First, consistent with regulations the committee willfi keep microphones needed to limit background noise. Members are responsible for on meeting themselves when they seek recognition or when recognized for a fiveminute statement. Second, members and witnesses must have their cameras
Chair and directors, yes, i do. So if youre ready, ill begin with this. Meeting of the citizens im sorry, i think there seems to be a lag here. Chair borden its not the same as what youre seeing on tv. Your audio is a little bit labored. I dont know if your internet quality is well. Okay. Okay. See if that helps. If it gets really bad, just let me know and i can just submit my report as a written report. No problem, go ahead. Great. So at the last meeting of the Citizens Advisory Council, we met director lai and welcomed her to the board. Thank you, again, for stopping by. We always appreciate welcoming Board Directors at our meetings. Also at our september meeting, i expressed disappointment and dissatisfaction with the rollout and subsequent rollback of rail service. And i hope that, if nothing else, the problems with rail revealed opportunities to fix and strengthen our system starting with more support at central on that. At our september meeting we heard from operators and members
The abiding truths we learned , love of god, fairness in human relations, responsibility, concern for the eachre of others, and that individual could through his own efforts achieve a full life. It is the firm duty of each of our citizens to fight and put because of his country before himself. Give out toeady to our country for history does not long entrust the care of history to the week. Or unwilling could we must be willing to accept as a nation to accept whatever sacrifices must be required of us. Who values privileges above principle seen will be dissolved. These men came here to storm these beaches not to gain anything for themselves but just to preserve freedom, systems of selfgovernance in the world. Many thousands died for ideal such as these. These people gave us a chance and they bought time for us so that we can do better than we have before. We must find some way to gain an eternal peace. You and i, my fellow citizens, need to be strong in our faith that all nations under