And ceo of the association of american railroads. Jim cb, commissioner of the southwest chief and Front Range Passenger Rail commission, and jennifer homendy, Member National Transportation Safety board. I continue to be a strong supporter of our real industry both freight and passenger. Rail service is safe and efficient. It also reduces congestion on our highways and spurs economic growth. In mississippi, for example, we have 26 Freight Railroads, 2,400 miles of track, five of the seven class ones, two longdistance amtrak routes, 10 stations, and more than 100,000 annual riders. Rail is vital to mississippi. I have been a tireless advocate for the restoration of the gulf coast Passenger Service, which was suspended in 2005 after hurricane katrina. With funding support from dot, amtrak, and the states, i am pleased to report that mississippi, louisiana, and alabama are likely once again to have this amtrak route and that will give mississippi a third amtrak route. Restoration of this
Our meeting will come to order consistent with our policy of starting on time and say good morning to the Committee Meets today to consider the nomination of general mark milley to be chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. We thank you for being here today and are grateful for your decades of distinguished service to our nation, we also welcome your family and friends and invite you at the appropriate time to introduce those that you feel are appropriate. Its standard for the committee to ask certain questions. These are the required questions, we will ask them fast and if you would audibly respond to them i would appreciate it very much. First if you adhere to the applicable laws and regulations governing conflicts of interest . Yes. Do you agree if confirmed to appear and testify upon request before this committee . Yes, chairman. Do you agree to provide documents including copies of the forms of communication in a timely manner when requested by a duly constituted committee or to co
Routes, 10 stations and more than 100,000 annual riders. Rail is vital to mississippi. I have been a tireless advocate for the restoration of the gulf coast Passenger Service. It was suspended in 2005 after hurricane katerina. With funding support from dot , amtrak in the states im , pleased to report that mississippi, louisiana and alabama are likely again to have this amtrak route and that will give mississippi a third amtrak route. Restoration of the service would support growing populations centers, connect tourist destinations, bring new jobs and improve the regions quality of life. This will make a positive difference for the communities and the people of the mississippi gulf coast. This hearing provides opportunity to examine the state of Passenger Rail and consider how to support existing routes like the southwest chief and restore gulf port gulf coast service. In i introduced along with 2015, senator booker the Railroad Reform enhancement and efficiency act which reauthorized
President or wherever books are sold. Back we are back with the president and we will talk about this years congressional pig. First, tell us what this is . Citizens against government waste was founded in 1984 with president reagan so weve been around a long time. Since then we have of course been investigating, researching, exposing and exposing government fraud and abuse and the rest around since 1991 and we have identified hundred 11,000, 114 earmarks with 314 billion dollars so when people say just a little here are a few thousand there but adds up and they are corrupting, costly and equitable and we could talk more about them but its one of the many publications that we put out each year, and certainly something weve been working on for a long time. Since we are talking about money, the viewers always have this question, so how does government waste get funded . We are funded by individuals and by associations and foundations so the vast majority of our money comes from individua
About saudi investments in america than he is about their policies of murdering journalists and consulates just quickly jim u. S. Turkey relations and saw President Trump and one meeting as well i mean things have not exactly been great between them recently. They havent and thats why this meeting that took place a few hours it will come out is being received very positively because firstly the fact that it took place in and of itself is something significant but more importantly there was a shift in policy at least as described by the u. S. President himself what this comes down to is turkey had been wanting to acquire these s. 400 missiles its Missile Defense system and they were acquiring it from the russians now throughout this time the American Administration it said if turkey goes ahead with this that the americans would cancel other military deals namely the f. 35 fighter jets as well as slap on certain sanctions on iran we saw that come to a climax several months ago when the u