Uk and around the world on bbc world news. Welcome back. Yes, it is welcome back, just two months since welcome back, just two months since we last gathered in this very room inside the palace of westminster for the state opening of parliament. Back on the 14th october Boris Johnsons government with no parliamentary majority put forward, lets say, a rather thin programme. Today, the queen will present a legislative programme from the conservative government with a big majority in the house of commons following last weekss election. We are politically in a different world. A world in which the parliament, the government and the monarch have been in sharp focus, a course of some tension as well. And a year dominated once again by the brexit question and process. What will the queens speech tell us about the governments other priorities, apart from brexit, for the year ahead . This is Boris Johnsons second queens speech in the sake space of nine weeks. Boris johnson has been resident at n
These cable providers giving you a front row seat to democracy. Up next a house transportation and infrastructure subcommittee hears testimony from amtrak c. E. O. Steven gardner and the executive director of the northwest Corridor Commission on improving Train Service and efficiency. They also discuss passenger safety, route options in the midwest and west coast and high speed rail. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2023] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] the subcommittee will come to order. I ask unanimous consent that the chair may call recess at any time. Without objection, so ordered. I recognize myself for Opening Statement for five minutes. Todays hearing examines the current and future state of amtrak. The Infrastructure Investment and job act gave historic funding to railroads with a large portion of that money going to amtrak. Amtrak is a federally chartere
Companies and more including mediacom. Ed a media at mediacom we believe whether youre here, right here or way out in the middle of anywhere, you should have access to fast, reliable internet. Thats why were leading the way in takingou there. These cable providers giving you a front row seat to democracy. Up next a house transportation and infrastructure subcommittee hears testimony from amtrak c. E. O. Steven gardner and the executive director of the northwest Corridor Commission on improving Train Service and efficiency. They also discuss passenger safety, route options in the midwest and west coast and high speed rail. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2023] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] the subcommittee will come to order. I ask unanimous consent that the chair may call recess at any time. Without objection, so ordered. I recognize myself for Opening Statemen
These cable providers giving you a front row seat to democracy. Up next a house transportation and infrastructure subcommittee hears testimony from amtrak c. E. O. Steven gardner and the executive director of the northwest Corridor Commission on improving Train Service and efficiency. They also discuss passenger safety, route options in the midwest and west coast and high speed rail. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2023] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] the subcommittee will come to order. I ask unanimous consent that the chair may call recess at any time. Without objection, so ordered. I recognize myself for Opening Statement for five minutes. Todays hearing examines the current and future state of amtrak. The Infrastructure Investment and job act gave historic funding to railroads with a large portion of that money going to amtrak. Amtrak is a federally chartere
Willis testifies about changes to the u. S. Postal service and hes addressing the rise and assault postal workers. Oversight accountability subcommittee hearing is the first congressional appearance two years just over three hours. Good morning, the subcommittee on federal work will come to order and i would like to welcome everybody to this important meeting. May declare a recess at any time. We also have a number of members seeking to be weighed on todays hearing without objection, ms. Mays from South Carolina will committee on oversight accountability today. Also we have the gentleman from South Carolina and the Commerce Committee has asked to be part of this as well as the gentleman from california. The subcommittee of questioning todays hearing. Thank you. I recognize myself for making an Opening Statement let me welcome postmaster general, sometime last week we were preparing testimony and operational needs of the day and i found postmaster general im very thankful for the opport