Industries association. Sen. Wicker all right, we will begin, and we appreciate people working with us on this partially remote, and partially in person hearing on a very important topic. The covid 19 pandemic has affected the normal operation of every Public Institution in our country. Including, as you can see, the legislative branch. I thank my colleagues and witnesses per for participating in todays hearing, which is the first of many covid19related oversight hearings that this committee will conduct. We will accomplish the business in accordance with the guidelines established by the rules committee, and in consultation with the office of the attending physician. And i want to thank my colleague and Ranking Member, senator cantwell, for her cooperation in this regard, and for all of our staff. The committee today convenes to discuss the state of the Aviation Industry. Witnesses, which are limited in number by the guidance we received from the senate, include nic calio, president a
And i want to thank my colleague and Ranking Member, senator cantwell, for her cooperation in this regard, and for all of our staff. Convenes toe today discuss the state of the Aviation Industry. Witnesses, which are limited in number by the guidance we received from the senate, include nic calio, president and chief executive officer of airlines for america, todd president and chief executive officer of the American Association of airport effectives, eric fanning, president of the chief executive officer of the Aerospace Industries association, and remotely, dr. Hilary godwin, dean of school of Public Health university of washington. No part of the American Economy has escaped the impact of the covid 19 pandemic. The air and transportation sector has suffered a particularly painful blow, one intensified by Global Travel resections and stay at home orders, Domestic Travel has declined over 95 compared to last year. Flying with 12 passengers on average. Half of the u. S. Passenger aircr
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Television company as a Public Service and brought to you by your television provider. Ladies and gentlemen. Please welcome president nixon grandson. [applause] ladies and gentlemen welcome to the Nixon Library and welcome to the beautiful replica of the east room. I am Christopher Nixon cox, a board member at the Nixon Foundation as well as the grandson of the 37th president richard dixon. It is my honor and pleasure to have you at the library and i am so happy to welcome you to the library. I see a lot of new faces in the crowd which makes me really excited and i see a lot of young faces which means we have a lot of young conservatives. [cheering] so that is really great to see and i would really encourage all of you after the event today to walk around the library and one of my Favorite Places for obvious reasons but one of my Favorite Places in the world, i think its the birthplace is beautiful, we have just redone a lot of the exhibits in the library and a lot of new stuff to see
[applause] ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Nixon Library and welcome to this beautiful replica. Im Christopher Nixon a board member here at the foundation as well as the grandson of the 37th president , Richard Nixon. [applause] it is my honor and pleasure to have you here at the library today and i am so welcome to the happy to welcome you. I see a lot of new faces which makes me excited, and i see a lot of young faces in the crowd. There are a lot of younger conservatives. [cheering] so that is great to see and i encourage all of you after the event today to walk around the library. Of course one of my Favorite Places for obvious reasons but one of my Favorite Places in the world and we have just read on a lot of the exhibits in the library, so there is a lot of new stuff to see and if you come back you can visit the archives and do a Little Research into my grandfathers presidency. There is so much to do here so i am so happy to have you here today. Of course, tonight, today we