Good morning. And i want to thank the witnesses for joining todays hearing on the implementation of the faa reauthorization act of 2018. One year ago, this committee wrote comprehensive Bipartisan Legislation to raise the bar on aviation safety, improve the flying experience for the traveling public, better prepare and diversify the aviation workforce and foster innovation in the u. S. Airspace. Todays hearing is a critical milestone in the subcommittees oversight work to ensure the timely implementation of the law in accordance with our intent and to address new challenges. Although the faa has made some progress on fulfilling the laws directives, ongoing implementation delays threaten the important work needed to advance u. S. Aviation and aerospace and maintain our global leadership. Our first panel of witnesses are dan ellwell, faas deputy administrator and joel savat. Mr. Elwell and zavt, i expect your testimony administrations efforts to swiftly implement last years law. I would
Aaron is a native of michigan not far from lansing, did his undergraduate work at northwestern before spending time working in washington, d. C. And moved on to the university of virginia where he studied under gary gallagher. Book is entitled why confederates fought family and nation in civil war virginia. His most recent book, published by harvard, titled calculus of violence how americans fought the civil war. Just again published in 2018. Aaron, lsu is a great place for him. Aaron is a self proclaimed foody so has lots of places to select from in new orleans but today well talk about his book, which has received two recent awards including the Jefferson Davis award from formerly the museum of the confederacy, now the American Civil War museum in richmond. Lets welcome aaron sheehandean. [applause] prof. Sheehandean good morning. Thank you all. I will start by saying happy fathers day to everyone in the audience. Its a weird thing to spend sunday morning talking about violence, but
Test. Test. Captioning performed by vitac so when lewis and clark met the shashonis the horses had spanish brideless, they said where did you get them, they said we got them from the spanish. 12 days ride away. As i understand it smallpox take 14 days for the symptoms to appear. So if you are the shashoni you can be home sleeping with your wife, kissing your babies before the smallpox erupts. It goes pretty much everywhere. Black feet get it from shashonis, goes across the northern plains, goes to the villages which are a central trade network. In the winter 1783, 84, hudson bear Company Traders on the shores of hudson bay who are used to indian people coming in and bringing their pelts, nobody comes. So they go out into indian villages and people are dead. And they talk about going into the lodges and gathering the beaver pelts themselves because their customers and hunters are all dead. Its the same epidemic that broke out in mexico city four years away. Who knows how many people die
Farmers that we all represent. Thank you for being here. Our countrys important trading partners according to the International Trade commission. The year 2017, more than one third of americas merchandise exports went to mexico and canada. In that year, mexico and canada imported more than half 1 trillion of american goods, plus more than 91 billion of American Services for iowa. On mexico tolars canada. Support 130,000 jobs. Foundation of a strong trading relationship with mexico and canada has been thus far nafta. Mexico andstates canada negotiated that agreement between 1990 and 1993 at the time it was a new standard of trade agreements. It helped to mexico reform indoor market economy. Enabled american businesses, workers, farmers and ranchers to sell our goods and services in mexico and canada without tariffs and without nontariff barriers that for decades had burdened our ability to complete in compete in those two countries. The u. S. Economy and global trade have changed dramat
More relevant than others. On television and online, cspan is your unfillerred view of unfiltered view of government so you can make up your own mind. Brought to you as a Public Service by your cable or satellite provider. Now, the Senate Finance Committee Examines the u. S. Mexicocanada trade agreement. Former agriculture secretary tom vilsack, along with a panel of trade and industry representatives, testified on how the usmca could impact the average american as well as how it differs from the 1994 north American Free trade agreement. Meeting will come to order. We welcome our witnesses. Were here to have testimony from a range of industries to tell us about the importance of the United Statesmexicocanada agreement, and we soon are referring that to always as usmca. We look forward to hearing from our witnesses about the significance of the agreement to american businesses, both small and large, the workers, the farmers that we all represent. Thank you for being here. Mexico and can