Companies and more including mediacom. Ed a media at mediacom we believe whether youre here, right here or way out in the middle of anywhere, you should have access to fast, reliable internet. Thats why were leading the way in takingou there. 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 Statemen
Thank you all for joining us today for this important hearing. Ranking member kavanaugh and i think all of the witnesses for joining us today, as well. Including our witnesses and from ohio and pennsylvania. We look forward to the testimony of each one of you. As you know, last month news broke about an environmental disaster caused by Norfolk Southern train to ram it near East Palestine, ohio. Less than a mile from the pennsylvania border. Less than a trained around it in the subsequent hazardous relief and led to the controlled burn and the evacuation of some 2000 people. This tragic incident is a reminder of the importance of following the golden rule in treating other people the way that we would like to be treated if they todays hearing is an opportunity to put ourselves in the shoes of those impacted by this disaster. Examining the Immediate Response, and to ensure long term accountability for the cleanup efforts. It is our responsibility in congress to answer, one, what went wro
objection to the statement, your honor. were you living a wealthy lifestyle? i just don t know what you mean by wealthy. is this a hard question, mr. murdaugh? well, it s hard for me to know exactly what you want. and it depends. i was spending money that wasn t mine that i shouldn t have. i think that, you know, we lived a lifestyle i don t have an issue if you want to call it wealthy. all right. would you concede with me that not all of this money was going to pills at this point in time? all this stolen money. no, i doubt that it was. okay. and it was being used to support your wealthy lifestyle. well, i haven t looked at all these documents to know exactly what was being spent where. but here s what i do know. i know that i was making a bunch of money and i should have had i should have had more money than i did. and i know that i was spending a bunch of money on pills. and i know that i don t remember in 2011 i just can t remember those land dea
Please. Next item is communication and like to note to make Public Comment. Members of the public may comment on the meeting during Public Comment in person or remotely. The callin is provided as a courtesy and availability may disrupted due to technical difficulties. In person Public Comment will be taken first and remote after. Dial in instructions are printed on the agenda and should be scrolling on sfgovtv. Any other communications from the directors . Seeing none, ill call your next item. Please. Your next item is item 4, director new and old business and im not aware of any. Okay. Move to your next item, 5, executive directors report. Good morning directors, nice to you this warm morning. It is exciting week at the tjpa. Just within the last week we resolved the last construction dispute to complete phase 1. Confirmed our rating and post covid outlook from negative to stable. [indiscernible] successful launch of down tourn first thursday which brought 8 to 10 thousand people down
Following the ouster of Kevin Mccarthy as speaker of the house. This morning, we want to hear from you, your message to washington. Do you want members of congress to compromise or stick to their principles . When some republicans saying Kevin Mccarthy compromised too much and some democrats saying he did not compromise enough. That is our question for all of you this morning. Republicans 202 7488001, democrats 202 7488000, independents 202 7488002. All of you can text us and include your first name, city, and state. You can join us on facebook. Com cspan or at x with the handle at cspan wj. We stick to the principles, or compromise, what is your view of congress . The house will return to washington and one order of business will be the election of a new speaker. Here are the candidates. Republican jim jordan of ohio and scull under speaker Kevin Mccarthy. These two say they are running from the top spot. There are potential candidates, mike johnson, Jodey Arrington, and possible Stev