Feel its impacts for some time to come. The energy and Commerce Committee has been conducting oversight of the trauma administrations response to this crisis in this subcommittee is charged with overseeing the ftcs response is the primary federal agency tasked with overseeing our nations telecommute occasions infrastructure and charged with administrating the universal Service Program at no point has Broadband Service in the work done by the fcc but more important to americans as it is right now. For many of us highspeed broadband has become the means by which we work, live and stay healthy. In the last seven months the internet has become the lifeline we use to buy groceries, see doctors and interact with the outside world. Zoom has become a verb and americans all over the country are connecting over video chat for virtual worship, family reunions and so much more. In so many ways broadband has become the glue holding our society together as our nation and the world weathers this stor
Oversight of the trauma administrations response to this crisis in this subcommittee is charged with overseeing the ftcs response is the primary federal agency tasked with overseeing our nations telecommute occasions infrastructure and charged with administrating the universal Service Program at no point has Broadband Service in the work done by the fcc but more important to americans as it is right now. For many of us highspeed broadband has become the means by which we work, live and stay healthy. In the last seven months the internet has become the lifeline we use to buy groceries, see doctors and interact with the outside world. Zoom has become a verb and americans all over the country are connecting over video chat for virtual worship, family reunions and so much more. In so many ways broadband has become the glue holding our society together as our nation and the world weathers this storm. But the Digital Divide is growing has more americans struggle to pay their bills and stay c
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
The sense that theres not enough of it is something that is wildly shared among many of us in washington, and the ambition for this series is to call on leaders from national and local politics and business leaders, folks from education, arts, advocates, to try to understand what are the circumstances and the characteristics that enable some people to overcome real differences and lead. Our imagination at the Bipartisan Policy Center is not that the it was passive cohesion. Democracy is not a gentle game, but weve always had people who have understood how to overcome those differences to kind of reflect on this question on what does enable us to overcome the inherent distinctions in any kind of free society, we are delighted today to be joined by oscar m oscar munoz. He was ceo of united airlines. He is a true american success story, and were going to talk about that a little bit, but growing up with eight siblings in california. First member of his family to go to college. He has had
Welcome, everyone, to what i was informed is the 11th installment of our series on leadership. I think some of you have been with us before, and i think as youve seen from some of these sessions, the meaning of leadership, lots of people have different interpretations, but the sense that theres not enough of it is something that is wildly shared among many of us in washington, and the ambition for this series is to call on leaders from national and local politics and business leaders, folks from education, arts, advocates, to try to understand what are the circumstances and the characteristics that enable some people to overcome real differences and lead. Our imagination at the Bipartisan Policy Center is not that the it was passive cohesion. Democracy is not a gentle game, but weve always had people who have understood how to overcome those differences to kind of reflect on this question on what does enable us to overcome the inherent distinctions in any kind of free society, we are d