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Federal Officials Say the Safety System could have prevented recent a real mans including amtrak trains the House Transportation Committee hearing includes testimony from witnesses representing the federal Railroad Administration, ntsb and freight rail companies. This is two hours. [inaudible conversations] the committee will come to order. Without objection the chair is authorized to declare a recess at any time i ask in his consent members be permitted to sit and ask questions without objectio...

[inaudible conversations] the committee will come to order. Without objection the chair is authorized to declare a recess at any time i ask in his consent members be permitted to sit and ask questions without objection so ordered good morning welcome to the subcommittee on railroads pipeline and Hazardous Materials before we proceed i would like to extend our deepest sympathies to those impacted by the recent rail accidents across the United States. Todays hearing focus is on positive train cont...

Waiting for Democrat Members of the Senate Budget comttee to arre here for this oversight hearing for the Congressional Budget Office. It appears they are arriving now. We should get underway in a moment. Hopefully this will be a really critical hearing and i think it has the potential to give us a lot of really good information. Good morning, welcome to the oversight hearing at the Congressional Budget Office. Im proud to say this is the third such installment of this committees continued overs...

But there is a weight given to cost . Im sorry . There is a weight, there is a consideration gifsh to costs . Whenever we do regulations theres an evaluation of costs and of benefits. Okay. I guess that thats im about out of time anyway. Morgan stole some of my notes and asked some of my questions. So anyway, with that, mr. Chairman, i yield back. At this time the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas, mr. Flores. Thank you, mr. Chairman. Ms. Mccabe, thank you for joining us today. How does ...

Speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the order of the house of january 6 2015, the chair will now recognize members from lists commit smithed by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. The chair will alternate recognition between the parties with each party limited to one hour and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and minority whip limited to five minutes. But in no event shall debate continue beyond 11 50 a. M. Th...

And reach a conclusion i think it is 90 days after the implementation of the Security Council resolutions none of us knows what is in this agreement. To my mind there are questions of if you are given an explanation that this was peaceful activity it does not mean that the activity was also carried out for other purposes. How the director general will formulate his report will be a question of artistry and diplomacy as far as im concerned. So what about these activities . If you assume that thes...

He served at the Pacific Northwest national laboratory. He received his phd and was awarded the distinguished service award. Im going to have tom shea, and talk a little bit about the paper and then i will introduce or other speakers. Dr. Shea is there anyone here the new agreement . I will start off with shame on you, and get to it. Having just produce the document, was only yesterday . The article i have been working on is in a state of now trying to cope with the reality of the specifics of t...

We cant lose ground. The new treatments can be extremely expensive and cost as much as 1,000 a pill. I understand the v. A. Has been able to negotiate with the Drug Companies to a lower cost. And ive heard estimates that v. A. Is instead paying closer to 600 a bill, is that correct . I you may not have a answer. I would like to not have to answer that question. We work very slowly and collaboratively with the manufacturers of those drugs and have been able to reach attractive arrangements for th...

A senator mr. President . The presiding officer the senator from georgia. A senator mr. President , i ask that the quorum call be vitiated. The presiding officer without objection, so ordered. Mr. Perdue mr. President , weve had a lot of action in the United States senate which is unusual here. Id like to address that, today. You know, id like to address this to the people of texas, louisiana, and all those that just experienced the devastating results and impact of Hurricane Harvey. Obviously, ...

The committee on Homeland Security will come to order. The committees meeting today for consideration the Border Security for america act of 2017. Chair announces that any request for recorded votes may be rolls and reset the committee at any point. Without objections, so ordered. They plan to acquire adequate notice and will have the court apply notees to members. I recognize myself for an Opening Statement. This morning our committee has gathered to markup the Border Security for america act. ...