Good afternoon. The committee will come to order. The today the committee convenes for a hearing on the state of transportation and Critical Infrastructure examining the impact of the covid19 pandemic. I welcome our panel of witnesses and thank them for participating. Today we will hear from mr. John bazella, president and ceo, alliance for automotive innovation. Mr. Randy gill yot, chairman of the board, American Trucking associations. Mr. Ian jeffries, president and ceo association of american railroads. Mr. Alex oler, interim president and ceo interstate Natural Gas Association of america. And mr. Larry willis, president Transportation Trades Department aflcio. Thank you all for being here. I understand, mr. Gilliot is testifying remotely. Welcome to each and every one of you. The committee has conducted several oversight hearings on quid pro quo 19 including a comprehensive look at the aviation industry. We are considering the impact of the covid19 virus on surface transportation a
The subcommittee will come to order. The chairman will be able to call recess. Good morning and thank you to todays witnesses. In addition to the integration of the entrance of drones into the airspace, they provide challenges to aviation safety. Legislation set to a Solid Foundation to improve the nations safety. Is ans hearing opportunity to get the public perspective on current challenges and risks of our aviation system. This testimony will also shape our priorities as we continue our investigation into the boeing 737 max and into the and itst of the faa authorization bill. For the sake of time, i am going to speak first about the panel number two and then shift to the first panel. Later, we will hear from the first panel. In the fall, we will discuss the faa preauthorization act. Their testimony will help us prioritize. Testify ntsb when they about recommendations outlined in the most wanted list of safety improvement, we want to the safety of aviation technologies. Congress canno
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This shows the topics that re going to be covered in this round. The round that begins today scheduled for saturday. Now i believe theyre going to through tuesday. So that is the 28 items on it. Them had also been discussed in part at prior sessions. Undoubtedly will be iscussed in subsequent sessions. I thought you would find it interesting to see the range of that will be discussed round. O se in terms of timetable going forward, theres no precise deadline. With tradeu familiar negotiations know these are progressing at lightening speed with the normal ones. Many ot usual to have so days of consecutive negotiation. To have such small intervals between negotiating sessions. Theres a reason for that. And the reason for it is the calendar. The fast track authority, the we have in the u. S. Of 2018. N july of congress now who knows whether that will be extended or not. That could be one deadline. If we lose tpa, i dont think deal done here a because what tpa does do is not that its fast.
Aresearchiare searching the area for more remains. Were also following a developing story in the north bay. The three accused killers are expected back in the bay area within the hour. Extradited from portland to san rafael. You see our chopper giving us live pictures overhead of the marin county jail. Now, the woman and two men will soon face homicide charges for the shooting death of a canadian back packer and a local yoga teacher. Mark matthews is down below in san rafael with the latest. Mark. Were on the back side of the marin county Sheriffs Department. We expect the trio will be coming up this road, authorized vehicles only. Theyll be taken to the jail through that road. When they arrive, they are on their way back from portland. The three are 24yearold Shaun Micheel angle, 18yearold leelah scott alagoo, and 23yearold Morrison Hayes lamply. All three are facing murder charges in the killing of steve carter last monday. The 67yearold carter was killed, shot multiple times as he w