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House transportation and infrastructure subcommittee. I ask unanimous consent the chair be authorized to declare recess at any time during todays hearing. Without objection so ordered. I ask unanimous consent of members not on the committee be permitted to sit with the subcommittee and ask questions without objection. If members wish to insert documents into the record please also email documents ti mail. Gov. Several other senators and a press release from senator kramer into the record without objection so ordered. I now recognize myself for the purpose of an Opening Statement for five minutes. Good morning and thank you for being here today. The undersecretary and the administrators before us represents the full scope of the jurisdiction in the subcommittee on highway and transit. However despite the long record of bipartisan oversight efforts, weve not had any administrators before us since 2019. Todays witnesses can help p ....
Testified on oversight and Infrastructure Investment. Topics include the recent recall of more than 2,000,000 t vehicles due to safety concerns with the autopilot system. Electric vehicle charging station infrastructure, highspeed rail, and Vehicle Safety standards. The hearing was held before house transportation and infrastructure subcommittee. [inaudible conversations] the subcommittee on highway internal condors are asking in the sense of the german golfers to declare recess at the time during todays hearing. Without objection, so ordered. Also ask consent members not on the subcommittee be permitted to sit with the subcommittee at the days inn and ask questions without objection. So ordered. If members wish to insert a document into the record is also email it. Ask unanimous consent to enter a letter from senator capito and several other senators and a press r ....
Homeless shelter to create shelters in each ward. In fact, following the vote, some on twitter says the mayor yelled obscenities at the council chairman. D. C. Bureau chief sam ford joins us to tell us what happened. Sam . Sam we in fact checked with the mayors press secretary to ask if it happened. He said he was not there. But he would not deny it happened. The emotions are high on this thing. Im at second and kstreet in northwest washington. This site was not on mayor bowsers original list. When the counsel held the first vote today it was council held the first vote it was. Mendalson said he had the votes and he did. The first read the Council Passed without registered objection a bill to alter the mayors plan for a smaller, neighborhood city shelters to replace d. C. General. By 2018. We will take substantial money because we will own the site rather than leasing the council plan says it will save 160 million over the mayors ....
Prohibited act that would subjet the operator to termination. Reporter the red line train left braintree thursday morning with passengers but no operator. The train blew through several stations before t staffering in the control center stopped it by cutting power to the third rail. T Officials Say the operator, 52 52yearold David Vasquez of canton, also failed to engage the secondhand brake when he got out of the cab. We do believe this was an isolated incident. One that likely required an individual to make multiple mistakes for this to take place. Reporter friends of vasquez defended the long time t employee calling him conscientious. He is a friend. I cant picture this guy doing something wrong. I mean, the equipment is old, they always try to blame the operator for everything. Reporter now t Officials Say that vasquez ....
Of the washington auto show, which we will take you to now. Here at the forward section of the washington auto show with lee, the group vice governmentf relations. Our interaction with governments and communities where we do business around the world. Times. Tax reform is another issue, but most important is trade policy. We are the number one exporting the number one exporting sector in the United States. Trade agreements have worked for us, and there are those trade agreements that have not worked for us. The Biggest Issue is currency manipulation. There we stand with the majority of congress, house and senate, to get some kind of currency discipline inside trade agreements. What currency discipline means is trying to figure out a way to stop subsidizing foreign product. You would sayhink fuel mileage standards would be a concern. Havingvery important in a good roadmap, and w ....