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Significant event in philadelphia with amtrak. I want to make sure i pass along our sincere thoughts and prayers. Hopefully have a speedy recovery. The other thing important for us to recognize, 1st responders were on. Immediately. Our deepest thanks. The other thing this is really bad always silver lining. We have the significant events in the United States. Up. You see people helping each other trying to recover can help people get out of the wreckage. That is inspirational. Talking about her ...

You need to have leadership that we really dont have on a complete level and by that i mean leadership from the white house to the courthouse. Everybody has to pass the baton, and what ive seen from the other side from the voting side of this issue is uk transportation type people, whether they are directly involved with cars our railroads or highways contractors and so forth, but they tend to call on members of the highway Transportation Committee. They dont call on somebody from my health care...

Are right good, i will leave. [laughter] anybody have a question . Of course, have to get funding somehow from the paul ryan ways and Means Committee but as a know from past experience with shuster at the helm riding shotgun good things can happen. Also for the record for the 10 billion he got back and he was secretary that is the great airport with 100 million for that one. But we want to move right along first average just like to get each member of the panel to be recognized. First of all, of...

Going to happen. So that would be kind of my report. I appreciate. I appreciate. Thank you very much. A quick question because i no you have so many. Since the congress eliminated earmarks on special projects projects that are essential to being authorized and approved come back to allowing those type of endeavors . I think that what happened with the earmark debate is it got out of hand numerically and they got out of and in substance, board it really is traditionally when shuster held the gave...

Message where it needs to be delivered, that the time is critical and i look forward to being part of the solution. Thank you very much, mike, for your comments and your contributions. Ill take it a little bit out of order now and take my law partner and former member of congress, state of georgia, congressman Jack Kingston to give his perspective on some of the things theyre doing down in georgia, particularly in the port project area and hes now with us, with these projects probably had someth...

132 million. These are impressive numbers and keeps us aware of the system here today. To address the first question if you look what the faa tried to do, to shut them down because they didnt have funding, majority of those more contract hours but more faa towers, majority of them were in Rural America. That is one of our biggest concerns about status quo. Thanks for looking out for Rural America. Thank the senator from montana for looking out for Rural America and i think he and i would probabl...

Also just to note, we welcome john haley here who is not at risk and he is acting on behalf of at risk today. Im happy to be here. Lastly, there will be no closed session for todays meeting. That item has been canceled. Okay. Item 6, introduction of [inaudible]. I was reading up on the coverage from the recent nacto meeting which is the National Association of city transportation officials. And i know that we were well represented there. Mr. Reiskin was there along with other members of the sust...

That the respect goes in all directions and a space that is comfortable for everybody and thats the reasons why i am supporting the legislation. I heard a number of folks that said its not narrowly tailord and i believe it is and i wanted to express that as well so i will be supporting this. Thank you supervisor chu. Supervisor wiener has made a motion to send this item forward. Supervisor chu has seconded it. I agree with that motion. I agree with what both said and mr. Clerk if we could forwar...

30 pound chimney protector the fell off the roof on to back deck. This video through you report. Get around the great highway in San Francisco. Area between slope and lincoln is closed to get rid of the sand that blew across the roadway. At emeryville high winds tore the face off this last tonight from the facade of the forever 21 store. Couple of cars were damaged in the process. All right lets get a look at what the conditions are like right now. Weather anchor spencer is here. Live doppler 7 ...

Brookings both for people in the room, who are watching on cspan and i via webcast to the closing event of infrastructure week. So a lot of folks public, private, civic have been involved in designing infrastructure week and pulling it off, and to all of you from brookings, thank you. And also thank you to the foundations and corporations that really have made our work possible. The ford foundation, the [inaudible] foundation, hitachi, aig, ge, rbc, kkr and all the members of our metropolitan le...