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
People handled . Just to give you a few numbers to think about as we start off, according to the un, there are 272 million migrants in the world, so were talking about people who have moved from country to country. That is a large number. 3. 5 of the global population. But another number more striking is 70 million displaced persons and if you think about that, we are living at a time where we see more people forced out of their lives and out of their homes, sometimes out of their countries than at any time in history, we see these people on the move. Over half of them, over half of the refugees that are in other countries are from three countries, syria, afghanistan and south suzanne. South sudan, which is also really striking. When you think about what this means for policy, obviously has to be policy for handling refugees, policy for migration, policy for immigration of people who are not refugees. The country still today, the at has the largest foreignborn population is the United
For the international and adversity hosted this discussion. The topic of this discussion were about to have his immigration, finding solutions. And i think the first thing we have to do is say what is the problem exactly. And when you start thinking about what is the problem, it goes in a lot of different directions. You have an issue of global migration, you have immigration and immigration policy in the United States, refugee and displaced persons and you have the treatment of people and human rights and how are these people handle. Just to give you a few numbers to think about as we start off, according to the un there are 272 million migrants in the world so were talking about people who have moved from country to country, that is a large number. Three and half of the global population. But another number more striking is 70 million displaced person and if you think about that, we are living at a time where we see more people forced out of their lives and out of their homes, someti
Adversity hosted this discussion. The topic of this discussion were about to have his immigration, finding solutions. And i think the first thing we have to do is say what is the problem exactly. And when you start thinking about what is the problem, it goes in a lot of different directions. You have an issue of global migration, you have immigration and immigration policy in the United States, refugee and displaced persons and you have the treatment of people and human rights and how are these people handle. Just to give you a few numbers to think about as we start off, according to the un there are 272 million migrants in the world so were talking about people who have moved from country to country, that is a large number. Three and half of the global population. But another number more striking is 70 million displaced person and if you think about that, we are living at a time where we see more people forced out of their lives and out of their homes, sometimes out of their countries
Would be leaving the eu. The other news this afternoon there are reports of fighting in syria despite turkeys agreement to suspend its military offensive against the kurds. Coming up on afternoon live all the sport with jane dougall. Plenty of rugby to keep us occupied this weekend. Yes, and despite injury concerns for fly half yes, and despite injury concerns for fly half Dan Biggar Wales have named him ina fly half Dan Biggar Wales have named him in a full strength side for the quarter match against france in the robbie world cup, well be hearing from head coach. Thanks jane and chris has all the weather hows the weekend looking . The weekend is looking a bit better, lots of showers around on sunday, less on sunday. We will be looking at hailstorms that have hit cornwall recently. Good afternoon and welcome from westminster, where the Prime Minister is in a race to try to persuade mps to back his new Brexit Agreement before tomorrows vote in parliament. Borisjohnson says hes very con