ms. homendy, do you trust the big railroads to regulate themselves?>> i do not. >> no. >> no. >> no. >> not sure i'm qualified to answer that. >> fair enough. >> can i use a curse word to say-- no. no, absolutely not. >> i'm not sure i heard the question right. i can't hear because i'm a railroader. >> mr. hynes, do you trust railroads to regulate themselves? >> do i what? >> do you trust the railroads to regulate themselves? absolutely not. we have a 150-year record to look at. >> i'll yield back. >> i recognize for five minutes, go ahead. >> thank you, mr. chair. i have a quick question and this is certainly an important hearing as we learned the lessons of what happened with the derailment. to the federal rail administrator, i represent a city in the mountains of california in recent years there have been-- there have been multiple derailment in the area and i've heard that local authorities in my community have now identified notification about the derailments. a timely manner. to improve communication between local authorities and the railroads,

ms. homendy, do you trust the big railroads to regulate themselves?>> i do not. >> no. >> no. >> no. >> not sure i'm qualified to answer that. >> fair enough. >> can i use a curse word to say-- no. no, absolutely not. >> i'm not sure i heard the question right. i can't hear because i'm a railroader. >> mr. hynes, do you trust railroads to regulate themselves? >> do i what? >> do you trust the railroads to regulate themselves? absolutely not. we have a 150-year record to look at. >> i'll yield back. >> i recognize for five minutes, go ahead. >> thank you, mr. chair. i have a quick question and this is certainly an important hearing as we learned the lessons of what happened with the derailment. to the federal rail administrator, i represent a city in the mountains of california in recent years there have been-- there have been multiple derailment in the area and i've heard that local authorities in my community have now identified notification about the derailments. a timely manner. to improve communication between local authorities and the railroads,