Routes, 10 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. It was suspended in 2005 after hurricane katerina. With funding support from dot , amtrak in the states im , pleased to report that mississippi, louisiana and alabama are likely again to have this amtrak route and that will give mississippi a third amtrak route. Restoration of the service would support growing populations centers, connect tourist destinations, bring new jobs and improve the regions quality of life. This will make a positive difference for the communities and the people of the mississippi gulf coast. This hearing provides opportunity to examine the state of Passenger Rail and consider how to support existing routes like the southwest chief and restore gulf port gulf coast service. In i introduced along with 2015, senator booker the Railroad Reform enhancement and efficiency act which reauthorized
Joining us in a minute, it is not a bait and switch. It is great to see you all here. And we were initially planning this event, we were originally going to have an in a smaller july, because it is students are gone, faculty are mostly not around, so we figured we would not attract a large audience, we did not have to worry about that it turns out. The justice obviously has serious star power. Outoon as the event was set sent out, we had an ornament an enormous member of rsvps. We had to shut down the link within 24 hours. Have a satellite venue. Please come on in. Running us is ruth, victoria, and justice in bird. [applause] thank you so much. Bill you are about to be treated to an Extraordinary Program that will focus on Justice Ginsburgs legacy on gender inequality in life and in the law. For our first panel you will hear a conversation between the justice and two of her former law clerks. Ann and dori bernstein. They will be in conversation about her life and the current state and
Ago, they did not run out of after feeding literally thousands of Democratic Candidates for president. Congratulations to you. If you leave this hotel and take Lakeshore Drive down to stony island and across to the indiana toll road, after about an hour and a half, you will come to my hometown, south bend. Our midwestern city and between the factories and the fields on the bend of the saint joe river. Divers from day one, south bend saw an industrial heyday that lasted into the 1960s, and then like so many cities of the socalled rust belt, we experienced the crushing decline as auto factories left. I ran forhe year mayor, the press said we were one of americas 10 dying cities. I ran for mayor saying that the old economy would not come back, but we would if we had the courage to reimagine our future. Report to you that now, south bend is back. Our city is growing. More people moving in then we have seen in a generation. Thousands of new jobs. Millions in investment. We are a good city,
The subcommittee will come to order. Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare recess to the committee at any time. This subcommittee is convening our third in a series of Climate Change hearings focusing on recovery, resiliency, and readiness contending with National Disasters Natural Disasters. I recognize myself for five minutes to give an opening statement. Isi mentioned, this hearing the third in a series of hearing on Climate Change. After examining the history of the Scientific Consensus on Climate Change and the Public Health effects of Climate Change and our first two hearings, today the subcommittee turns to the impacts of Climate Change on National Disasters Natural Disasters. The committee has three goals. First, we will illustrate how Natural Disasters are made more intent and more frequent due to Climate Change. Climate change israel and we are constantly reminded of that is real and we are constantly reminded of that. Just two weeks ago, greenland lost to a b
The committee will come to order. Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare recess of the committee at any time. The full committee during convening to identify, resolve and present vulnerabilities on ts the committee will come to order. Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare recess of the committee at any time. The full committee during convening to identify, resolve and present vulnerabilities on t. S. A. s Security Operations. I now recognize myself for five minutes to give an Opening Statement. Today, nearly 20 years since the terrible attacks of september 11, 2001, we are holding this hearing to examine why urgent warnings from independent auditors about security vulnerabilities at the transportation and Security Administration have been languishing for years without being resolved. Languishing for years without being resolved. In 2016, i led a Bipartisan Group of members in asking the Government Accountability office to examine tsas covert Testing Progr