Www. Health. Senate. Gov is our website. I think it makes it possible for us to be table to attract witnesses who have very busy schedules on the same day such as today. Some senators are participating by videoconference. Senators may remove their masks since were 6 feet apart. Im grateful to the rules committee, the sarge want at arms, the press gallery, the capitol police, our Committee Staff for all their hard work to help keep us safe. Senator murray and i will each have an opening statement, and then well turn to our witnesses who we thank very much for being with us today. Each witness we would ask that you summarize your remarks in five minutes, which will allow more time for the large number of senators who we expect to participate to present their testimony. Well have one round of questions for a five minute round. Less than four months ago on march 1st the coronavirus situation was about this. At the end of february there were 79,000 cases around the world, only 14 in the Uni
Mr. Mcconnell i ask consent the reading of the names be waived. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Mcconnell i move to proceed to legislative session. The presiding officer the question is on the motion to proceed. All those in favor say aye. Those opposed, no. The ayes appear to have it. The ayes do have it. The motion is agreed to. Mr. Mcconnell i move to proceed to executive session to consider calendar number 203. The presiding officer the question is on the motion to proceed. All those in favor say aye. All opposed, say no. The ayes appear to have it. The ayes do have it. And the motion is agreed to. The clerk will report the nomination. The clerk nomination, the judiciary, james westly hendrix, of texas, to be United States district judge for the Northern District of texas. Mr. Mcconnell i send a cloture motion to the desk. The presiding officer the clerk will report. The clerk cloture motion, we, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22, d
Employees will be trained. 29 of Commuter Railroads will be installed by the end of 2015. And full implementations is predict jekted by 2020. They will finalize enforcement for those railroads that will miss the deadline. As for any regulatory enforcement posture our goal is to bring Railroad News compliance as quickly and safely as possible. Starting on january 1st, fra will impose penalties on railroads that have not implemented ptc and fines will be based on penalty guidelines which establish different penalties based on violations and will be assessed per violation, per day. The total amount of penalty each railroad faces depends on the amount of penalty progress the railroad has made and fra is planning for what will come after the january 1st deadline. In both 2014 and 2015 the department and fra asked congress to provide fra with additional authorities that would address the safety gap that will exist on many railroads between january 1, 2016, and each railroad full ptc implemen
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