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The committee will come to order. I now recognize mr. Loviondo for a motion. Pursuant to rule 1 a 1 on transportation infrastructure, i move that the chairman be authorize today declare recess during todays hearing. Question on the motion, all those in favor signify with saying aye. The ayes have it and the motion is agreed to. I want to thank everybody for being here today. This is an important hearing were having here today talking about what i consider extremely important legislation and i believe everybody on the committee, both sides of the aisle, believe that the reauthorization of the faa, reforming it to make it a better system for all americans is extremely important to all of us. The way america travels, moves goods and conducts Business Today depends on an efficient syst system. This is especially true of our Aviation System. The fact is the fccs infrastructure is increasingly obsolete and its technology is still cemented in the last century. To just quote my colleague, my e
The committee will come to order. I now recognize mr. Lobiondo for a motion. Pursuant to rule 1a1, i move that the chairman be authorized to declare a hearing on todays hearing. All those in favor signify by saying aye. The ayes have it and the motion is agreed to. I want to thank everybody for being here today. This is an important hearing were having here today. And were talking about what i consider extremely important legislation. And i believe everybody on the committee, both sides of the aisle, believes reauthorization of the faa, reforming it, is extremely important to all of us. The way america travels, moves goods, and conducts Business Today depends on an efficient transportation network. And in order to remain competitive, we need a 21st century infrastructure with modern 21st industry technology. This is especially true of our Aviation System. But the fact is the faas infrastructure is increasingly obsolete and its technology is still cemented in the last century. To quote
Elevatos to the right there will be three busses this evening. One at 6 45 one at 7 00 and one at 7 15. They each will carry about 50 of you. As you might be able to tell there are more than 150 people in this room. We are not encouraging you to sit on each others laps. What we are asking you to do is please dont wait until that last bus. Theyll be downstairs again and if you prefer to go elsewhere this evening please make sure you get back to the hotel so we can be ready to start in the morning. Thank you for coming today. Thank you for arranging your travel schedules to be here this afternoon and to begin the celebration and we invite you to the reception next door. Thank you. [ applause ] and taking it live now to capitol hill. The hearing from the amtrak Train Derailment from last month in philadelphia that killed ten people and injured 200 others and the National Transportation safety board, it was not equipped with an automatic speed control system that could have prevented that
I look forward to working with my friends in the senate to get that reform bill enacted into law. In closing i look forward for hearing from our witnesses regarding these important issues and i would like to recognize Ranking Member defazio for an opening statement. Thank you, mr. Chairman and thanks for holding this hearing today. I certainly agree with you about the extraordinary importance on the performance of the population of the east coast on the United States on the use of this corridor on a daily basis. In terms of the number of people that use it and the contribution to the economy and what happens when that corridor goes down and i also agree that this committee does have a longterm commitment to amtrak and other infrastructure needs of the United States. Unfortunately, that is not shared by your republican colleagues on the transportation, housing, urban development subcommittee. In fact, on the day of the accident, they cut a 251 million, is it . Or 290 million from the Ca