Good morning. And i want to thank the witnesses for joining todays hearing on the implementation of the faa reauthorization act of 2018. One year ago, this committee wrote comprehensive Bipartisan Legislation to raise the bar on aviation safety, improve the flying experience for the traveling public, better prepare and diversify the aviation workforce and foster innovation in the u. S. Airspace. Todays hearing is a critical milestone in the subcommittees oversight work to ensure the timely implementation of the law in accordance with our intent and to address new challenges. Although the faa has made some progress on fulfilling the laws directives, ongoing implementation delays threaten the important work needed to advance u. S. Aviation and aerospace and maintain our global leadership. Our first panel of witnesses are dan ellwell, faas deputy administrator and joel savat. Mr. Elwell and zavt, i expect your testimony administrations efforts to swiftly implement last years law. I would
Happy Constitution Day. Welcome to the United States capital. My name is Beth Clements and im the ceo here at the visitor center. We are pleased to be hosting this event with our good friends the United States capital Historical Society. I cant think of a better way to mark Constitution Day than with a program devoted to citizenship. Our founders knew that our democratic system of government would depend on having an informed citizenry. John adams said that livery cannot be preserved without general knowledge among the people. His successor put it even more simply. Life and liberty go together. Of the reasons that the Capitol Visitors Center was established was to inform, involve and inspire citizens of all ages. We do that every day through our debt expanding series of Public Programs and educational programs. Ongoing contributions to achieving these Civic Education goals is the partnership of the we the people program. Share ourighted to constitutional system with so many students fr
Our second president john adams said liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people. President ,or as Thomas Jefferson, said life and liberty go together. Light and liberty go together. One reason the center was established is to inspire citizens of all ages. We do that every day through tours and Public Programs and educational programs. One of our contributions to achieving the Civic Education goals is our partnership with the we the people program. We are delighted to share lessons on the role of congress and our constitutional system with students from the washington dc area. Our Education Team supports this partnership, but i want to give special thanks to the Education Program manager, larin lauren. Ren [applause] established the program that gives students an idea of what it is like to be a member of congress. We try to stay current with our programming and are always updating a developing and doing our part to strengthen the we the people program. Than
An excellent panel of experts are here as well. Reintegration in afghanistan. Id also like to we will all of you know joining us online. In the webcast and would note that you can also follow the conversation on twitter that u. S. Ip, hashtag cr. Sid ar. I would also like to encourage you to check out the podcast network. It will include this if it and many other compelling programs featuring leading voices on violent prevention and national security. Was founded five years ago by members of congress as an independent nonpartisan National Institute charged is vitally important litigating and resolving violent conflict. Since 2002 are Afghanistan Program has worked closely with the governments, Civil Society organizations of how others to prevent litigate violent conflict and more recently, to support the afghanistan Peace Process. It goes that went out staying, that there is considerable uncertainty during the last two weeks in terms of the Peace Process but while that remains true, wh
And this industry for so long and people always ask what is the Silicon Valley secret. I set out to answer those questions for them. Yours is the story of 75 years of Government Support and encouragement of the tech industry. I want to show you a clip of where we are today. This is from last year on capitol hill with mark zuckerberg. Lets watch. Car Companies Face a lot of competition. If they make a defective car, people will buy another one. Is there an alternative to facebook . The average american uses eight different apps to connect with each other. We provide a number of different services. Is twitter the same as what you do . It overlaps but i dont think it is the same. Do you think that you have a monopoly . It does not feel that way to me. Mr. Zuckerberg, could you share the name of the hotel you stayed in last night . Mark uh, no. Have you message anybody this week . Would you share the names of the people you mentioned messaged . I would not choose to do that here. I think t