Sure. Director kim. Here. Ed reiskin, present. Director harper. Here. Director. Here. Mr. Chair you do have a quorum. Good timing. Okay. Communications please. Theres none that i am aware of. Okay. So next item. Item 4 is board of directors new and old business. In the agenda planning what is coming up next time were going to have a presentation from caltrain on its status on electrification is coming in. I am also going to call for a closed session on review of board officers. Its about time that we get back into that so the way i want to do it is at least the way we do it at ac transit we do all four because it tends to go in and out and the interim executive director and general counsel and c fo and with that next item. Item 5 is executive directors report. Okay. Good morning directors. The Board Meeting last month i reported that the responses for the rfp is due may 26 and reported the results of this meeting. We received input since then that more time is needed for the proposals
This is another case where youre a public figure and you let your messy private life combine together. Sunday night at 8 00 eastern and pacific on cspans q a. At a Senate Hearing for the active head of the federal Railroad Administration, members questioned the mom knee about implementation about positive train control. A safety implementation to preefrt derailments, twothirds of Rail Companies wouldnt be able to implement the system before a december 31st deadline. This hearing of the science and Transportation Committee is an hour and a half. Want to welcome our nominee here this morning. And get this confirmation hearing under way. Today were going to consider the nomination of sarah feinberg. The fris mission is to oversee the safe, reliable and efficient movement of people and goods throughout our nations rail network. That rail network is absolutely vital to the nations economy. So its important that those who oversee it have the requisite skills and experience. Serving s the act
Safety. As noted in an article in politico, at this crucial moment this is the nations top safety regulator is a former facebook executive and white house adviser whose resume is long on communications and policy posts and noticeably short on railroad experience, end quote. So in addition to asking ms. Feinberg to respond to those concerns, ill be also asking her about the looming deadline for railroads to implement positive train control. Those in the Rail Industry are well aware, it is a rail system designed to prevent collision, overspeed derailments and other accidents by automatically slowing or stopping a train that is not being operated safetily by locomotive engineers. The improvement act mandated the implementation of systems by december 21st of 2015. Complex challenges have prevented most railroads from meeting this deadline which is rapidly approaching. Yesterday the independent Government Accountability Office Issued an updated report that found that freight and Passenger R
Underway. Today well consider the nomination of feinberg. Efficient movement of people and goods throughout our nations rail network. That rail network is vital to the nations economy so its important that those who directly oversee the safety and efficiency of this network have the skills and experience. Miss feinberg has been serving since january prior to her current assignment she served as chief of staff to transportation secretary from 2013 to 2014. From 2011 to 2013 j she was the policy and crisis communication director of facebook. Before that, she served as a Communications Director for the House Democratic caucus. She has an admirable commitment to Public Service, are concerned about the lack of experience in Railroad Safety. Its noted, former facebook executive and white house advisor whose resume is long on communications and policy posts and short on railroad experience, end quote. So in addition to asking miss feinberg to respond to the concerns, ill be asking her about t
Signed, john a. Boehner, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the order of the house of january 6 2015, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. The chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to one hour and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and the minority whip limited to five minutes, but in no event shall debate continue beyond 11 50 a. M. The chair recognizes the gentleman from illinois, mr. Gutierrez, for five minutes. Mr. Gutierrez id like to congratulate the speaker and the republican majority for coming to their senses and allowing the house of representatives to pass a bill funding the department of Homeland Security for the rest of the fiscal year. Seems odd i would have to come to this well to congratulate the majority for funding one of the largest and most important departments in the u. S. Governme