Cspan is your unfiltered view of government. We are funded by these Television Companies and more, including wow. The world has changed, today, the fast and reliable Internet Connection is something i want to live without. Two and teslas automation safety concerns, it is about two hours. [inaudible conversations] good morning the u. S. Senate committee were having a hearing on the National Transportation safety board investigation and good morning, the u. S. Senate committee on commerce and transportation will come to order. We are having a hearing on the National Transportation safety board, investigations, and reports. I welcome the chair safety Board Director Jennifer Homendy. Thank you so much for being here. Ntsb is the nations safety watchdog, ensuring that safety is a top priority for the Transportation Industry and u. S. Apartment of transportation. Through its impartial investigations into transportation accidents, the board makes recommendations that have transformed transpor
Good morning. The committee will come to order. We were hoping to be able to move out two of our nominees that are currently pending before the committee. We obviously have to have the requisite number of members here. So, until such time as we have a quorum, we will move to our scheduled full Committee Hearing on infrastructure permitting. If we are able to get the quorum of 12, we will take up the business meeting at that point in time. I would anticipate that it would be relatively quick. So, with that, we have names on the table in front of us, but i would invite you each to come to the table as i provide an opening statement. Mr. Cason, miss fleeingal, mr. Turpin, mr. Brown, caruso and russell. Were here to discuss infrastructure permitting challenges, efforts to streamline federal approvals and opportunities to improve their responsiveness, the transparency and predictability of our system of permit review. I think we all recognize the need to make investments that will both upgr
Move out to of our nominees that are currently pending before the committee. We obviously have to have the requisite number of members here. So until such time as we have a quorum, we will move to our scheduled full Committee Hearing on infrastructure permitting, if were able to get the quorum of 12 we will take up the businessman at that point in time. I would anticipate that it would be relatively quick. So with that, we have names on the table in front of us, but i would invite you each to come to the table as a provide an opening statement. Mr. Casing, ms. Fleagle, astroturfing, mr. Brown, ms. Caruso and mr. Russell if just want to join us there. We are here today to discuss infrastructure permitting challenges ongoing efforts to streamline federal approvals and opportunities to improve the responsiveness, the transparency and the predictability of our system of permit review. I think we all recognize the need to make investments that will both upgrade and modernize our infrastruct
Your show. Neil youre quite right. This is the highlight. The next two hours rolls downhill. We have a lot going on. Techs still on a tear. General market not so much. Amazon, google, netflix, facebook, there you know part of the drill, a buying drill. Many on the left are calling the president unstable, he is a nutcase. Weve been studying in great detail. If you dont like the president , a lot of people do not, that is fine. That saying up to the task of president of the United States, question what he is doing his job. What is not nuts looking at markets. What is not nuts looking at economy. Charlie gasparino brilliantly on this, just today in the new york post. We have nan hayworth. We have democratic strategist, moo i can call star hopkins. Charlie, go to you. Not real crazy response this market, this economy has had to the supposedly not stable, crazy president. We should have more such encounters. His approach to the economy has been very good and very stable if you think about i
The four key areas. A group of bipartisan lawmakers agreed on earlier this week when they met at the white house with President Trump. That group of senators includes Lindsey Graham jeff flake and minority whip dick durbin. They hope to gain Additional Support for measure. Lawmakers on a race to strike a deal before the deadline. The president is saying no deal with the democrats unless i get the wall. Which by the way has taken many different forms because he said the other day hes not looking for necessarily a 2,000mile wall but he was saying were going to build a 60foot wall. Its gone so many different ways. Not sure. Theres all this speculation until something is done and this is washington, d. C. A lot is not getting done. He got the tax bill, that was the big thing but not a whole lot gets done because nobody can get on the same page these days. There are a lot of folks waiting to find out will mean for them if it will mean anything. Certainly well stay on top of it. Right. One o