Next steps for Passenger Rail. Im glad to convene this hearing with my friend and colleague Ranking Member cantwell. I welcome or panel of witnesses and thank them for hearing. We will hear from richard anderson, president and ceo of amtrak. Ian jefferies, president and ceo of the association of american railroads. Jim sube, commissioner of the southwest chief and Front Range Passenger Rail commission. And jennifer hamade, board member, National Transportation safety board. I continue to be a strong support of our rail industry, freight and passenger. Rail service is safe and efficient and also reduces congestion of our highways and spurs economic growth. In mississippi, for example, we have 26 Freight Railroads. 2,400 miles of track, five of the seven class ones, two Long Distance amtrak routes, two stations and more than 100,000 annual riders. Rail is vital to mississippi. I have been a tireless advocate for the restoration of the gulf coast Passenger Service which was suspended in 2
Amtrak. Ian jefferies, president and ceo of the association of american railroads. Jim sube, commissioner of the southwest chief and Front Range Passenger Rail commission. And jennifer hamade, board member, National Transportation safety board. I continue to be a strong support of our rail industry, freight and passenger. Rail service is safe and efficient and also reduces congestion of our highways and spurs economic growth. In mississippi, for example, we have 26 Freight Railroads. 2,400 miles of track, five of the seven class ones, two Long Distance amtrak routes, two stations and more than 100,000 annual riders. Rail is vital to mississippi. I have been a tireless advocate for the restoration of the gulf coast Passenger Service which was suspended in 2005 after hurricane katrina. With funding support from d. O. T. , amtrak and the states, i am please today report that mississippi, louisiana, and alabama are likely once again to have this amtrak route and that will give mississippi
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Universities. Some are still going on. Despite orders to leave. From the areas local news station, youre watching the kron. 4 morning far. Well, good wednesday morning to thank you for waking up with this line early on the kron. Morning news say may 15th to reyna harvey. All right. Well, we got to get you rolling today. You need to know how to dress and how to prepare for the weather today in the next few good morning, rain. And we are seeing a day today that its going to feel. Lot like yesterday did most of our cloudy blink at this morning is sitting above the bay. So not experiencing a lot of visibility issues. That is until you get up into the east bay hills. Wear your view is a little bit like this right now. We are seeing okay, visibility on bridge level. Watch your travel on 1, especially as you head about above, about 500 feet in elevation. 3 could be running into a few spots of that lower visibility, including a pin down the hillsides of the peninsula into the south bay, too. L
Stunning scene when you pull in to lafayette from interstate 680 and on highway 24, look what you can see at this huge fire on this hillside. We are along highway 24, we are north. The fire is north of the highway and you can see it is very smoky right now. Hopefully that means they are get water on it a lost water on it. The wind is taking the smoke over to the spring hill neighborhood. That neighborhood at this point from my Vantage Point does not look like it is in jeopardy but it will get a lot of smoke and what the people waking up in the area are going to wonder what is going on. It hook like they will be dealing with aftermath of the smoke. The high school is also on this side of the highway but it is on the other side of Pleasant Hill road. This fire is burning off of deer hill road and Pleasant Hill road on the other side from the high school. Spring hill almost friday is on this side however. This is something that neighbors in the area will want to wake up and get as much in