Local cable or satellite provider. Cspan, your unfiltered view of government. A look now at the federal role in improving School Bus Safety. The house transportation and infrastructure subcommittee on highways and transit heard from brenda sue fulton, among others. Today is a timely hearing with children out of school. To be done toeds keep them safe. Im interested in keeping them safe not only as a get on and off school buses but in keeping them safe in the streets as they go to school. It is true that school buses have a relatively safe safety record. Thatulton it is also true children are injured every day or every year in bus related crashes. More than, i believe, and most accidents, we owe it to our children, to the still dunes, to examine why these fatalities occur. Two these students, to examine why these totalitys occur, and what can be done why these fatalities occur and what can be done to prevent them. There are school buses in my own district. Oft take other modes transport
Heat come . We will see it burn off quite nicely. It might it longer around San Francisco, but you see that we have fog rolling through in san francis francisco. Right now the 59 in fremont, oakland 58. So if you are up early and you consider where thinking of going on a hike, this is the time to do so because we will warm up in the afternoon. Not much of an ocean breeze this afternoon. In fact the temperatures will be warming up. We have a bit of a warming trend taking over. And by 1 00, san jose will be at 82. This morning is the most comfortable temperatures to be like running. And if you are not running and you are just going to be outside this afternoon, the weather will be great, but make stlur ure ton the shade because we do have some 90s. And if you are just waking up, what i recommend is sitting there with your cup of coffee and watching us and then take the dog for a walk or go for a run. An Appeals Court has overturned the one conviction begins the undocumented imgrant who s
Emerging trends that we see when comes to protecting Critical Infrastructure protection from attack. When the type of protecting from overhead attack we really talking about this particular issue. And so today it is important to us. We thank you for the invite, and inviting us out. As elaine just mentioned, we come from a background known as the National Protection programs directorate. Say that 10 times fast. Bonus points if even knew what that meant. But today with a name like the u. S. Cybersecurity agency, we have that Value Proposition. We understand before even walk in the door what the value is never going to bring to the table and so the name like that, while we still pass on business cards, while we still great relationships, their story recognition out today with a name like cisa, protecting Critical Infrastructure. That mission has changed over time as well. Today as we move further and further away from 9 11, and that antiterrorism post9 11 mission is gravitating towards do
Today is a timely hearing with children out of school. To see what needs to be done to keep them safe. Im interested in keeping them safe not only as a get on and off school buses but in keeping them safe in the streets as they go to school. It is true that school buses have a relatively safe safety record. It is also true that children are injured every day or every year in bus related crashes. More than, i believe, and most accidents, we owe it to our children, to these students to examine why these fatalities occur and what can be done to prevent them. There are school buses in my own district. Most take other modes of transportation, including walking, biking or riding in a car, going on public transportation. Children are often at greater risk outside the school bus than inside it. 264ave figures showing students who died in School Transportation related accidents in the last 10 years. 97 were struck by a vehicle while walking near the bus. We are going to hear today from what con
School safety against targeted violence. I want to welcome everybody to the hearing room. I actually want to thankour witnesses for taking the time for your testimony. And in particular i want to give a shout out to max and tom and your families and the other families of the families for attending here and for just your unbelievable dedication turning your tragedy into hopefully some positive action that can prevent tragedies for other families, its remarkable what so many of the families have done in reaction to so many of these tragedies which date back to about 1998 is where we had the first directed attack, numbers of 56. I know in your testimony youre talkingabout 710 shootings since columbine in 1999. Columbine, 13 people were killed, 12 students, one teacher, 21injured, sandy hook in 2012, 26 killed. Two were injured and parkland, at Marjorie Stoneman douglas school, 17 killed and 17 injured. Anthe death and casualty toll is simply unbelievable, quite honestly. I grew up in the