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Committee on education and labor will come to order. Welcome, everyone. I note that a performance present. The committee a quorum is present. The committee is meeting to hear testimony on the importance of trauma and practices in education to assist students impacted by gun violence and other adversities. Miss beth of georgia, of minnesota, miss the of wilde ofiss pennsylvania, and mr. Pastor of texas, are permitted to participate in todays hearings with the understanding that their questions wi...

Out max and tom, and your families, and the other families of the tragedies for attending here, and for just your unbelievable dedication turning your tragedy into, hopefully, some positive action that can prevent tragedies for other families. It is just remarkable what so many of the families have done in reaction to so many of these tragedies, which really dates back to about 1998 is where we really had sort of the first directed attack. I know in your testimony, were talking about 710 shootin...

The title of this hearing is examining state and federal recommendations for enhancing School Safety against targeted violence. First of all, i want to welcome everybody to the hearing room. I certainly want to thank our eyewitnesses for taking the time, for your testimony, and in particular, i want to shout out max and tom, and your families, and the other families of the tragedies for attending here, and for just your unbelievable dedication turning your tragedy into, hopefully, some positive ...

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 distric...

Wild of pennsylvania and mr. Castro of texas are permitted to participate in the hearing today with the understanding that their questions will come only after all members of the subcommittee on both sides of the aisle are present and have had an opportunity to question the witnesses. Pursuant to Committee Rule 7c, Opening Statements are limit nod the chair and the Ranking Member. This allows us to hear from the witnesses sooner, and provide the members with adequate time to ask questions. Can y...

Vote the presiding officer is there any senator in the chamber who wishes to vote or change his or her vote . Seeing none, the motion is agreed to. The yeas are 49 and the nays are 44. The clerk will report the motion to invoke cloture. The clerk cloture motion. We, the undersigned senators, in accordance with the provisions of rule 22 of the standing rules of the senate do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the nomination of thomas p. Barber of michigan to be an under secretary of the tr...

Tsb. Captioning performed byc captioning performed by vitac i do. I think thats a perfect example of one of the incentives that the federal government could use to provide increased Safety Measures for kids on school buses. Right. And back to ms. Poland. In your investigation of the oakland bus fire, you noted that the School Bus Engine designs often failed to mitigate the spread of gases into the passenger compartment. That can exacerbate a situation involving a fire, but can you speak to wheth...

Present. The committee a quorum is present. The committee is meeting to hear testimony on the importance of trauma and practices in education to assist students impacted by gun violence and other adversities. Miss beth of georgia, of minnesota, miss the of wilde ofiss pennsylvania, and mr. Pastor of texas, are permitted to participate in todays hearings with the understanding that their questions will come on the after all members of the subcommittee have had an opportunity to question the witne...

Traffic to get to work today. Youre not in the red anywhere youre still in the green. Headed out of the south bay. Thats only a 48minute ride. You are in the yellow of highway 4. But really you guys are doing quite well when it comes to the overall big picture. The sun is getting ready to come up. Nice and pink beautiful sunrise out there and you are starting to stack up at the bay bridge. Just barely underneath the 880 flyover. Really nothing terrible at this hour. Not bad at all considering. T...

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 t...