This hearing will come to order. Thank you all for being here, good morning. Today the committee can means to discuss the status of the National Rail network in the country is 140,000 miles of freight rail in class one railroads over 600 freight railroads and thousands of Companies Using braille to ship products and raw materials, we also have an intercity passenger real service amtrak operating on 22000 miles of the same network including over 500 stations. Todays first panel of witnesses will feature mr. William flynn ceo of amtrak and the executive director of the Development Corporation in Montana Development association who will testify remotely. Todays second panel will include mr. Frank Vice President Global Supply chain on behalf of of the council testifying remotely, mr. Randy, the president and ceo of the association, the chairman and National Council testifying remotely in the association of American Railroad and mr. Dennis pierce, president teamsters real conference testify
On the agenda today, resolution on the peaceful transfer of power after the president ial election, live house coverage at cspan. The speaker pro tempore the ouse will be in order. The chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. The clerk speakers rooms, washington, d. C. September 29, 2020. I hereby appoint Emanuel Cleaver to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, nancy pelosi, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore the prayer will be offered by our chaplain, father conroy. Haplain conroy let us pray. Lord, father of us all, we give you thanks for giving us another day. As the stresses of the pandemic and as economic and educational effects stubbornly continue, we ask you once again to send your spirit of peace and healing upon our nation. Bless those who labor to bring healing and teaching during these difficult times. Comfort all who are ill with coronavirus and those who mourn the loss of loved ones because of it. As the members
It is friday august 14th this is the appropriations and budget meeting im sandra fure. Fewer. Thank you for sf gov tv for broadcasting. Do have an announcement. In accordance with governor newsoms executive order no. N3320 declaring a state of emergency regarding the covid19 outbreak and mayor london n. Breeds proclamation declaring a local emergency issued on february 25, 2020, including the guidance for gatherings issued by the San Francisco department of Public Health officer, aggressive directives were issued to reduce the spread of covid19. On march 17, 2020, the board of supervisors authorized their board and Committee Meetings to convene remotely Via Microsoft teams and will allow remote Public Comment via teleconference. Visit the sfgovtv website at www. Sfgovtv. Org to stream the live meetings, or to watch meetings on demand. Members of the public are encouraged to participate remotely via detailed instructions on participating via you can call 14156550001 again 14156550001 me
Rose still who tragically died on Ethiopian Airlines flight 302 and thank them for participating. March 10th marked the 1year anniversary of the crash of Ethiopian Airlines flight 302 which was preceded by the loss of land near flight 602. The aircraft involved in both accidents was the boeing 737 max. Our deepest sympathies go to the families of those loved ones who are among the 346 lost in these crashes. Since the Ethiopian Airlines crash the committee has heard from many whistleblowers at boeing and in the Aviation Industry. It is increasingly clear from the investigation that the faa has the number of serious problems, the investigation staff of dozens of witnesses, thousands of documents and emails who have been diligent in pursuit of these facts no matter where they lead. However, i must express my profound frustration with the agencys lack of response to most of my requests dating back to last april, documents that stem from whistleblower disclosures. On april 2nd, 2019, i sent
Good morning. Today that committee convenes to a hearing on the faa oversight of aircraft certification i welcome our witnesses mr. Dixon and mr. Steele father sonja who tragically died plate three oh two and we thank them for participating. March 10 mark the oneyear anniversary of the crash of Ethiopian Airlines three oh two which was preceded by the p loss of flight 602. The aircraft involved in both accidents was the boeing 737 and max are deepest sympathies continue to go out to the families those loved ones who are among the 346 souls lost in these questions. Since the Ethiopian Airlines crash the committee has heard from many whistleblowers at the faa and boeing in the Aviation Industry. It is increasingly clear from our investigation the faa has a number of Serious Problems address. My investigation staff is interviewed dozens of witnesses many thousands of documents and emails and diligent pursuit of the facts. No matter where they lead i must express my profound frustration wi