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Joining us today. We are holding this hybrid hearing in compliance with House Resolution accordingly i am 965. Joined by members here in the hearing room as well as approximately ten members on the remote platform. Thats outstanding, and i want to thank them for joining us. Before we turn to todays important topic i want to remind the members of a few procedures to help us navigate the terrain here. First, consistent with regulations the committee will keep microphones muted. For those participa...

965. Accordingly, am joined by members here as well as approximately ten members on a remote platform. Thats outstanding and i want to thank everyone for joining us. Before we turn to todays important topic, want to remind the members of a few procedures to help us navigate this arrangement here. [inaudible]. For those participating virtually, to eliminate background noise. [inaudible]. So we will pause for one moment. Members are responsible for using themselves and getting themselv or when rec...

Okay. Good morning. Welcome. I call to order the subcommittee on oversight. I want to thank everybody for joining us today. Were holding this hybrid hearing in compliance with House Resolution 965. Accordingly, i am joined but members here in the hearing room as well as approximately ten members on the remote platform. Thats outstanding, and i want to thank them for joining us. Before we turn to todays important topic, i want to remind the members of a few procedures to endus navigate ther the h...

For a u. S. District court judge in ohio. It is also the first opportunity for members to speak on the floor sense election day. Watch live Senate Coverage on cspan2 and the house on cspan. Amtrak president and ceo William Flynn was on capitol hill to testify on how the coronavirus affects the Passenger Rail system and what amtrak is doing in response. The Senate Commerce of science and Transportation Committee also heard from representatives of the freight Rail Industry and about the challenges...

Heres a look at your surface winds. They are calming down a bit. Theyre fast enough out there. We have some windchills. Were talking about feels like 31 in santa rosa and also in san ramon right now, feels like 32 in san jose. Also in half moon bay, 32 in concord. So you definitely want to dress for that. All right. This afternoon a mix of high clouds and a lot of sunshine. Temperatures around 58 to 61, except along the coast where well have mid to upper 50s. Thank you. Lets look at in video fro...

Remind the members of a few procedures to endus navigate ther the help us navigate the terrain here. First, consistent with regulations, the committee will keep microphones muted. For those participating virtually to limit background noise. [inaudible conversations] well pause for one moment. [background sounds] members are responsible for unmuting themselves, unmuting themselves when they seek recognition or when recognized for their five minutes. Members here in the hearing room also are remin...

Tallied. In other news the u. N. Calls for an immediate deescalation intentions as ethiopias Prime Minister calls in troops into the tikrit province following an attack on a military base. Welcome to the program democratic candidate joe biden has extended his lead in the closely fought race for the white house after flipping michigan and wisconsin which donald trump now only won 4 years ago by now has a projected total of 264 Electoral College votes while donald trump has 214 now remember that t...

He didnt take questions from the reporters. But he did do his ceremonial duty in the rose garden, thats right, for the annual pardon of the white house turkey. I hereby grant you a full and complete pardon. Wow all the networks we have to forget about the law judges dont count [ laughter and applause ] jimmy enjoy your nightmares. Its the first turkey balesed with grecian formula. [ laughter ] trump did things a little differently this year. Instead of the usual pardon, they did a prisoner excha...

Order. Thank you all for being here, good morning. Today the committee can means to discuss the status of the National Rail network in the country is 140,000 miles of freight rail in class one railroads over 600 freight railroads and thousands of Companies Using braille to ship products and raw materials, we also have an intercity passenger real service amtrak operating on 22000 miles of the same network including over 500 stations. Todays first panel of witnesses will feature mr. William flynn ...

High registration. Were 2000 voters away. The vote by mail ballots have hit historic levels with higher levels than the 2016 president ial election. On the day before election day we had 146,000 in house. Well go over 200,000 today. If you dont fill out the online today you can go to the registrars to fill out a provision ballot. In southern california, someone set fire to an official ballot collection box. It was in baldwin park. Arson investigators say a number of the ballots were burned. The ...