Mr. Buttigieg if youre from the midwest, i appreciate you suppressing the instoipght tell people in washington, d. C. That this isnt real snow. I really do feel at home more than anywhere else when im among americas mayors. Occasionally on the streets somebody will say hey, mayor pete, theyll stop, correct themselves like they said something wrong. I say i wear that as a compliment. I was actually thinking back to when i first got elected, not even elected, after i got the nomination of my party for mayor in my city. A cupful days later, i got an email from a 10yearold boy saying, congratulations. And now that youre mayor i need to let you know theres an intersection close to where i live, sometimes i wait there to get a ride. Its very dangerous. The cars speed by and it needs a stop sign. And i wrote him backen sure how he got my email address around said thanks for getting in touch. Not actually the mayor yet, im i still have to win the general election, but you know, i look forward
Hours. [background noises] [inaudible conversations] good morning the u. S. Senate committee were having a hearing on the National Transportation safety board investigation and report i welcome the chair safety board director. Watchdog ensuring safety as is a top priority for the transportation u. S. Department of transportation. Through its impartial investigation into transportation accidents the board makes recommendation that have transformed transportation safety. Ntsb recommendations prompt action to require railroads to use positive control passengers to use seatbelts and commercial airlines to have well rested cruise. However the needs to continue to improve safety are ongoing but for instance run a weight near misses and close calls and aviation sector are far too frequent. We simply must do better. Equirements we are looking out for these longer trains and improvements. Rating in the drama in pennsylvania or three trains collided bhe roadways in 2020 when the latest data we h
The republic thrives. Get informed, straight from the force on cspan. Unfiltered, unbiased, word for word. On the Nations Capital to wherever you are. Its the opinion that matters the most. This is what democracy looks like. Cspan powered by cable. Good evening and welcome, everyone. Excited for you to be here for the modern age panel on the new book regime change. This is part of a new initiative at isi to move modern age to the forefront of the conversation taking place in dc and around the country. So look forward to many more of these evenings with you. First and foremost i want to share about the history of modern agents cases some of you are not familiar it was founded by russell kirk in 1959 but he had the idea for modern age in 1951. And in 1951 he began to circulate a perspective to various investors in the midwest, and his target readership was, quote, professors, clergymen, leaders of business, men in government and, this is important, those reflective people in obscure walk
Palestine derailment. [inaudible conversations] the science transportation order. Ee will come to for the purposes of a hearing. We are here this morning at the full committee for improving rail safety in response to the East Palestine correlator i would ask the witnesses to please join us for the first panel at the witness table. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] good morning, everyone. The hearing will come to order. On february 3rd, the town of East Palestine, ohio, experienced a Hazardous Material event that no community should have to suffer from, and Norfolk Southern train carrying Hazardous Material crashed just outside the town,n, and 38 carso more than according of the train derailed. One of the cars caught fire, in gold and gold of the rope cars including five caring vinyl floor. After burning for two days, authorities became concern the vinyl chloride and one of the tanks was undergoing a Chemical Reaction that made it bigger and more dangerous pick the aut
For the purposes of a hearing. We are here this morning at the full committee for improving rail safety in response to the East Palestine correlator i would ask the witnesses to please join us for the first panel at the witness table. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] good morning, everyone. The hearing will come to order. On february 3rd, the town of East Palestine, ohio, experienced a Hazardous Material event that no community should have to suffer from, and Norfolk Southern train carrying Hazardous Material crashed just outside the town,n, and 38 carso more than according of the train derailed. One of the cars caught fire, in gold and gold of the rope cars including five caring vinyl floor. After burning for two days, authorities became concern the vinyl chloride and one of the tanks was undergoing a Chemical Reaction that made it bigger and more dangerous pick the authorities then initiated a controlled burn of the remaining vinyl chloride in five tanks to get a g