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It with a the understanding their questions come after all members complete their questions. The committee is meeting notice a legislative hearing to hear testimony onening anyone eninnings of enable mobile. The Critical Role of Community Colleges, black colleges and universes and minority serving institutions in preparing students for success. Pursuant to Committee Rules 7c, ohm statements are limited to the chair and Ranking Member and this allows to us hear from the witnesses sooner and provi...

Colleges, black colleges and universities and minorityserving institutions in preparing students for success. Pursuant to committee rules, Opening Statements are limited to the chair and Ranking Member. This is to allow us to hear from witnesses sooner and allow adequate time for questions. I recognize myself now for an opening statement. Examine thel Critical Role of historicallyblack colleges and universities, Tribal Colleges and universities, and Community Colleges in providing lowincome stud...

Test. Test. We also know that while these institutions are doing the most work to close that achievement gap, and advance economic mobility, theyre severely underresourced. Its great to see the Community Coming together in a bipartisan way to prioritize and address this issue, and i look forward to working with all of you on this. Madam chairwoman, id like to enter into the record this report by the United Negro College fund, which is led by my close friend, michael lomax, who actually the emcee...

A more robust way. All of the gaskets were replaced again under warranty. So that we didnt have water in the cameras. The second issue that were experiencing and that were still troubleshooting is in some instances, the cameras will freeze or pixelate, requiring them to bring the train in or have a mechanic review it. We would never operate a train without fully functioning monitors. So we are working through those issues, as we experience them. But they are software related. Chair peskin thank ...

Safia, my apologies. Supervisor safai i was not going to say anything. I just have to say that the issue with using the emergency brake to essentially, you know, run out the tires, it would be great if we could get maybe someone, a representative from the transit operators to come in here and talk to us as well. Id like to hear their perspective. I understand that management doesnt want to take that risk. Were also putting millions of dollars worth of vehicles on the line. And not exactly sure i...

On the bredas, it requires the twostep movement. And what we found, several years ago, is that operators could not do that movement quickly and reliably in the face of an immediate danger. So we went through a very big campaign. It was titled, you know, the mushroom is not poisonous. The mushroom is your friend. We basically invested all of this training and muscle memory for our operators to hit that emergency button. I am not willing to try to ask our operators to modify that muscle memory, wh...

Of going through our train washer, the way the cameras were sealed with an exterior gasket, was not holding up to our washers. And that was something that shouldnt have been designed in a more robust way. All of the gaskets were replaced again under warranty. So that we didnt have water in the cameras. The second issue that were experiencing and that were still troubleshooting is in some instances, the cameras will freeze or pixelate, requiring them to bring the train in or have a mechanic revie...

Safia, my apologies. Supervisor safai i was not going to say anything. I just have to say that the issue with using the emergency brake to essentially, you know, run out the tires, it would be great if we could get maybe someone, a representative from the transit operators to come in here and talk to us as well. Id like to hear their perspective. I understand that management doesnt want to take that risk. Were also putting millions of dollars worth of vehicles on the line. And not exactly sure i...

Welcome. Orning and the subcommittee on Higher Education and workforce investment will come to order. We are happy you are here. I know a quorum is present. I want to ask can sense they be permitted to participate in todays hearing with the understanding your questions will come after all members have completed their questions. The committee is eating to hear testimony on engines of economic mobility. The Critical Role of Community Colleges, historically lacked minorities serving and institution...

Good morning and welcome, everyone. Good morning and welcome, everyone. The subcommittee on Higher Education and workforce investment will come to order. Were happy that youre here. I know that a kwoerm is president and i want to ask that unanimous kent that miss haze of pennsylvania be able to participate with understand that their question also come after all committee hems. We are hearing testimony on engines of economic mobility, the Critical Role of Community Colleges, historically black co...