Seen an auditorium like this draw an audience. It is a slow news cycle in south asia. We are very excited to have Vardhan Shringla here to give remarks today. I am going to start with a few housekeeping items before introducing the ambassador for 15 to 20 minutes and then we are going to move to a moderated lunch including q a from the audience. We would like to leave some time for this interactive discussion. But we do have some heritage product on the us relationship. This has been a big priority for the Heritage Foundation, for myself, for the Us Government and just last night, modhi 2. 0, moderating differences, consolidating looked at the reelection of Prime Minister modhi, reviewed some of the progress and some of the remarkable progress in us relations during modhis first term and looking at the second term and was we can expect in terms of opportunities and challenges. Here at heritage we are organizing a big conference on india us relations in october, september of this year i
Bourg, strategic development, Wabtec Corporation. Chris matthews, assistant Vice President , Network Control systems, bnsf of railway, and jim derwinski, chief executive officer and executive director of metro. Todays hearing will evaluate progress in implementation positive train control, ptc, and examine potential challenges in meeting the final implementation deadline of december 31, 2020. As recent Committee Hearings have highlighted, ptc is an Important Technology that has the ability to prevent accidents, including overspeed derailments, such as the tragic derailment in dupont, washington in 2017, as well as preventing traintotrain collisions. Ptc enforcement and implementation act, passed by congress and signed into law by president obama in october 2015, required railroads to implement ptc by december 31, 2018, however it allowed a railroad to apply for an extension of up to 24 months if, and only if, a railroad met important milestones. I am pleased to say that under secretary
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
Including joel sabat, ron batory from the federal railroad administration. Ray martinez, administrator of the Safety Administration and heidi king from the national Highway Safety traffic system. The fix of the american act, better known as the fast act is responsible for ensuring the safety of our surface Transportation System including fmcsa, nhtsa and fra. Todays hearing provides our witnesses with the opportunity to discuss the implementation of the fast act. And to identify issues that this committee should consider as we prepare for a surface transportation reauthorization. The fast act established the infraGrant Program. This and others such as build grants formerly tiger grants are critical to improving our nations transportation infrastructure. I hope the witnesses will provide the committee with an update on improving the infrastructure and how intra, and bill grants are being utilized. As they reauthorize the fast act, i plan to work with cantwell and other members on both s
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