Yeah, right here madam speaker. The president of the United States here experience people have and you you thank you everybody. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. All right three. Madam speaker if congress i have high privilege and the distinct honor of presenting to you the president of the United States. Please thank you. You very much. Thank you very much. Madam speaker mr. Vice president members of congress the first lady of the United States i have come here tonight. Not only to address the distinguished men and women. In this Great Chamber but to speak frankly and directly. To the men and women who sent us here. I know that for Many Americans watching right now the state of our economy. Is a concern that rises above all others and rightly, so if you havent been personally affected by this recession. You probably know someone who has a friend a neighbor a member of your family you dont need to hear another list of statistics to know that our economy is in crisis
Lines have burst, gas lines have frozen and power lines are down. Some of the 2. 6 million households without heat or power are forced into Community Warming Centers where available. Other haves been sickened or killed by Carbon Monoxide from heating arrangements. One houston area Furniture Store owner opened two locations for people to stay in and did the same after Hurricane Harvey but even remarkable individual acts of kindness can only go so far. The problems are statewide affecting millions and instead of taking responsibility, it seems some top state officials are doing anything but. Ed is in dallas tonight. Whats the latest . Reporter well, anderson, right now the bottom line is the question that Everyone Wants the answer to is exactly when is the power going to be fully restored across this state . And sadly tonight, we dont have a firm timeline on when exactly that is happening. The state officials with the Power Grid System Say that they are essentially at the mercy, at the p
Some of the more than 2. 6 million households without heat or power have been forced into Community Warming Centers where available. Other haves been sickened or killed by Carbon Monoxide from makeshift heating arrangements. One houstonarea Furniture Store owner opened two locations for people to stay in and did the same after Hurricane Harvey but even remarkable individual acts of kindness can only go so far. The problems right now are statewide, affect millions, and instead of taking responsibility, it seems some top state officials are doing anything but. Ed lavandera is in dallas tonight. Whats the latest . Reporter well, anderson, right now the bottom line is the question that Everyone Wants the answer to is exactly when is the power going to be fully restored across this state . And sadly tonight, we dont have a firm timeline on when exactly that is happening. The state officials with the Power Grid System Say that they are essentially at the mercy, at the power plants across the
March. To protest the indignity suffered by the black community in the jim crow era. He had violated bull connors ban on demonstration. Which targeted a growing resistance of African Americans to the injustices they were suffering. While in solitary confinement in birmingham cam, dr. King wrote what became known as the letter from the birmingham jail. A stunning response, to a group of white clergy in alabama, who had denounced his tactics and questioned the wisdom and timing of his arrival in birmingham. They insisted, that he was an outside agitator. Coming to alabama to instigate trouble. Dr. King responded famously, injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. In his letter, he rejected the idea that African Americans should be more patient for change. In the face of the daily indignities inflicted by segregation. In the face of violence and threats and intimidation. There comes a time he wrote, when the cup of endurance runs over. While i did not experience the struggle a
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