Thank you, chairwoman brown. I now recognize mr. Gardner, you may proceed. Mr. Gardner thank you, chairman lipinsk lipinski, the Ranking Member, and thank you for the opportunity to testify today Service Transportation boards key role in enabling amtrak to effectively serve the nation. Strongly support the s. T. B. Needs ieve the board updated authority for Passenger Rail so we can achieve the ontime evels and erformance your constituents deserve. Ongress took amtrak on for the job. Common carrier obligations for assengers and the associated operating losses for passenger service, the freights agreed to whereverrak to operate and whenever it wanted over their lives. Trains with trak dispatching preference over freight and to empower what is the s. T. B. To ensure amtraks access to the rail network. 50 years since the Freight Railroads agreed eagerly to this bargain and yet many of our host railroads fall short in ulfilling some of these key obligation obligations. Mr. Gardner, if youll
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Virus which has claimed more than 207,000 american lives now reaches into the most powerful office in the world. Good morning, america. We want to get right to the major breaking news overnight. At 12 54 a. M. President trump announced he and First Lady Melania Trump have tested positive for covid19. The Stunning Development raises significant questions about the president s health, the stability of the country, our standing in the world and the state of the race for the white house just 32 days before the final votes. We will cover it all this morning, and we begin by wishing the president and the first lady a speedy and full recovery. We certainly do, and with that, we want to show you a live look right now at the white house where the president and first lady are in isolation at this moment. And there are so many Big Questions this morning after the president s jampacked schedule this week. We want to know who else in the white house inner circle could potentially be infected and wh