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
Lost a loved ones from the covid19 pandemic. Fay, with Tropical Storm making its way to the northeast, i hope everyone is staying safe. Ofare facing a crisis unprecedented proportion. The novel corona pandemic has already infected over 3 million and killed over 100,000 americans. The scale of the loss is staggering and efforts to produce a lifesaving axing continues, but not all americans have been impacted equally. Communities of data from the cdc shows africanamericans and hispanic populations are three times more likely to be infected and twice as likely to die from covid19 than white populations. This administrations response to the outbreak has been an utter failure on a multitude of levels. As likely to die from covid19 than white populations. This administrations response to the outbreak has been an utter failure on a multitude of levels. Nowhere is this more acute than its neglect of Minority Health. Since the onset of the outbreak, it has been clear that communities of color a
Minutes of the hearing. Good afternoon and thank you for joining us today. Like to say my thoughts are with those who have lost a loved ones from the covid19 pandemic. Fay, with Tropical Storm making its way to the northeast, i hope everyone is staying safe. Ofare facing a crisis unprecedented proportion. The novel corona pandemic has already infected over 3 million and killed over 100,000 americans. The scale of the loss is staggering and efforts to produce a lifesaving axing continues, but not all americans have been impacted equally. Communities of color are not only more likely to be infected by the covid19, but they are also more likely to be killed by the virus. In my home state of new jersey, africanamericans disproportionately make up the covid19 fatalities. This disturbing trend is observed not only in new jersey, but across the nation. Data from the cdc shows africanamericans and hispanic populations are three times more likely to be infected and twice as likely to die from c
Minutes. Welcome to our continuing conversation about the big social media platform in response to the disinformation campaigns around the covid19 pandemic, very serious situation where lives are literally in the balance. Im the director of the George Washington University School of Public Affairs affiliated with the institute of data and democracy and politics which is presenting this event together with the International Committee on this information. Ill be your moderator and your timekeeper and i will continue this conversation with her distinguished panel and guest. If you are journalist, please feel free to put your question into the q a field, make sure that is addressed to everybody so we can see that and i will try to incorporate some of the questions to our panel in a bit. Social media platforms as we know and discussed our allowing actors to sell on illegal and overpriced medical equipment during the pandemic. That is one of many issues that we see across a social media plat
Infrastructure bill. A vote on final passage is expected wednesday. May consume. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman from oregon is recognized. Our mr. Defazio our nation is conflonted with multiple crises, covid. We passed four bills in this house to deal with covid directly in terms of medical care, potential for vaccine treatments and mitigation of the incredible economic arm, the fourth bill is still lingering with an uncertain future in the senate. And then the murder of george floyd brought a long simmering crisis to a head for our nation. Last week, this house passed the justice in policing act to deal with systemic racism and policing. This bill deals with another crisis. Denied by the president and denied by most in his party. The existential threat of Climate Change to the world as we know it. To our nation. To our coastal areas. To our inland areas. To everything, our crops, our future, our childrens future, our grandkids future. Before us today is a long overdue transport