During the hearing, she discussed infrastructure projects, highway and rail safety, investment into the theons ports, and discretionary Grant Programs that address the needs of rural and urban areas. Rep. Price the subcommittee will come to order. Good morning. Im pleased to kick off our subcommittee hearing season for this and other subcommittees by examining the fiscal year 2021 budget request for the department of transportation. Secretary chao, welcome back and thank you for joining us. Glad to have you here. Infrastructure serves as the foundation for our economy and our quality of life. It facilitates the flow of goods and services, connects people to employment and educational opportunities, and plays a significant role in our nations overall welfare. Theres no question our country requires a massive infusion of investment to repair deficient bridges, restore transit systems to a state of good repair, improve our ports, and build new runways for our airports. We must also make f
It eroded. Transportation secretary elaine chao testified before a House Appropriations subcommittee on the president s 2021 budget request. During the hearing she addressed infrastructure project, highway and rail safety, investment into the nations ports and discretionary Grant Programs that impacted the needs of rural and urban areas. The subcommittee will come to order. Good morning. Im pleased to kick off the subcommittee hearing season for this and other subcommittees by examining the fiscal year 20 21 budget request for our department of transportation. Secretary chao, welcome back and thank you for joining us. Glad to have you here. Frur serves as the foundation and quality of life. It facilitates the flow of goods and services, connects Education Opportunities and plays a significant role in our nations overall welfare. Theres no question our country requires an massive investment into bridges and restore Transportation Systems to a state of good repair, improve our ports, bui
Mcdonalds, disney and goldman sachs. Todays move higher though, putting not even a dent into this weeks losses and the dow is down a staggering 12 just since monday once again, a big story, energy. Check out oil. This time the opposite of yesterday, surging 24 thats its best day ever the u. S. Government considering some political talk or action to get in front of that saudirussia price war thats going on and flooding the market with oil and well have much more on that during our big hour straight ahead, but first, though, lets talk about this historic moment at a time for investors and trying to figure out what you should be doing right now with your money in the short, medium and long term and joining us is scott maynard, and one of the few who expressed worry about these markets even before the health scare, scott i would imagine your portfolios are holding up pretty well if so, what are they composed of what does scott minerd know right now . Weve been invested pretty conservativel
Up next Senate Lawmakers look into regulations and safety issues for large trucks. The Senate Commerce subcommittee heard from those who work in the Trucking Industry and a truck safety group. Authorization. Several trucking policies found many changes in the past decade including changes in both the industry and regulatory changes at the federal motor carrier safety administration. In nebraska, the hours of service at the top of the list. Concerns from truckers are consistent. These regulations are in flexible and do not reflect realworld situations. Because the Trucking Industry, 1sizefitsall approach fails, each of the different types of operations. Congress requires them to enforce Service Requirements. To be sure drivers dont drive when fatigued and delegated significant authority to f m csa for these requirements. A notice of proposed rulemaking for Service Requirements. To update regulations, interested stakeholders made their comments known to the agency. One has faced the chal
Eastern. Next, representatives from the faa and the national Highway Traffic Safety Administration join two assistant transportation secretaries to talk about new technology and government regulation. The Transportation Research board hosted this event. All right. Good afternoon, everybody. I hope youre all doing very well today. We are all very much excited to be here with you. On behalf of secretary elaine chao. To present to you on laying the foundation for advanced Transportation Technology. Ill let our panelists introduce themselves in a moment. We want to let you know we appreciate you. Youre a critical audience for us representing researchers and thinking that goes into laying the foundation for a lot of tho these advanced transportation technologies. Trv is a fantastic event. People who attend trv tend to be a wonkier crowd. Understand what were saying more times than not. Hearing from you helps inform everything were doing. Were very much looking forward to this panel today. W