mr. crawford. colleagues, do we have any questions for mr. crawford? that sounds good. thank you so much. we also have someone here from the m.t.a. >> hi. good afternoon madam chair and supervisors. i was informed that we wouldn't necessarily need to be presenting anything. we are here to respond to any questions that might come up with regards to any particular construction. thank you for inviting us. >> chair melgar: thank you for being here. i will ask you the same yes that i asked mr. lennon about when there are construction sites and temporary sidewalks are built on the right-of-way, especially bike lanes. that's usually what happens. i'm wondering if your department is watching the process or it gets consulted, how does that interaction happen to make sure that we are not purposing putting people on scooters on the temporary sidewalks because it's not safe? >> absolutely. thank you. for that question, i'm hoping that my colleague kate mccarthy is on the line and can speak to it. kate is managing the communications efforts with the public and ensures all the respon

mr. crawford. colleagues, do we have any questions for mr. crawford? that sounds good. thank you so much. we also have someone here from the m.t.a. >> hi. good afternoon madam chair and supervisors. i was informed that we wouldn't necessarily need to be presenting anything. we are here to respond to any questions that might come up with regards to any particular construction. thank you for inviting us. >> chair melgar: thank you for being here. i will ask you the same yes that i asked mr. lennon about when there are construction sites and temporary sidewalks are built on the right-of-way, especially bike lanes. that's usually what happens. i'm wondering if your department is watching the process or it gets consulted, how does that interaction happen to make sure that we are not purposing putting people on scooters on the temporary sidewalks because it's not safe? >> absolutely. thank you. for that question, i'm hoping that my colleague kate mccarthy is on the line and can speak to it. kate is managing the communications efforts with the public and ensures all the respon

as well as nicholas crawford. mr. lennon, i'm hoping you can walk us through the process ever repair is we can understand what it is. you have seven minutes for that and mr. crawford will have up to five minutes for his part as well. welcome to land use committee. >> thank you for having us. i'm manager with the san francisco public works, bureau street and mapping and the inspection and enforcement division. we are largely a reactive entity. historically, public works receives between 1200 and 1500 complaints each month. all complaints are directed to the bureau street and mapping. whether they come through 311 or referrals from your offices or otherwise. as they are taken, they are assigned a unique identifier, request for action number that is used to track the matter for intake to completion. each different type of sidewalk or complaint topic has a different service level agreement associated with it. the topic of today's presentation is on sidewalk and construction of public right-of-way. they have three business

mr. crawford. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. crawford: thank you, madam speaker. i thank the gentleman for his leadership. i rise today to oppose this insane piece of legislation house democrats are proposing. this bill is yet another further attempt by the chairman of house permanent select committee on intelligence, adam schiff, to retroactively attack president trump's -- president trump even after the democrat russia collusional allegations have been repeatedly debunked. i want to specifically bring attention to title 13 of this ridiculous bill. this provide requires employees, officials, and agents of a presidential campaign to report foreign national contact and/or contributions to the sec and the f.b.i. the f.b.i. is required to provide notice to the campaign and to the house permanent select committee on intelligence or hpsci, as we call it. sound familiar? the f.b.i. would be required to work with hpsci on counterintelligence investigations into political candidates. what could possibly go wrong? this provision is design

mr. crawford. i wish we were in a classified setting for much of this hearing today. and i'll have some questions that i'll submit in a secure format. having said that, mr. cohen, you talked, both of you talked about the importance of local law enforcement in working together and how impactful that is on your investigations in the work you do on both levels, when it comes to domestic violence. in a prior life, i spent time as a federal prosecutor and actually headed up a jjtf. that experience of working with local law enforcement, whether it's a sheriff's department, local police department, state troopers, is obviously, the foundation of much of what you guys do. having said that, as i look at this movement to defund police, get rid of departments, i can't think of anything that would be more disruptive and more problematic to the work that you do at the local level to disrupt than that. i'm wondering if you could comment on that. >> thank you, congressman. this won't be a surprise to anybody who knows me. i believe that law enforcement is an important part of our soc

mr. crawford. colleagues do we have any questions for mr. crawford? that sounds good.hank you so much. we also have someone here from the m.t.a. >> hi. good afternoon madam chair and supervisors. i was informed that we wouldn't necessarily need to be presenting anything. we are here to respond to any questions that might come up with regards to any particular construction. thank you for inviting us. >> chair melgar: thank you for being here. i will ask you the same yes that i asked mr. lennon about when there are construction sites and temporary sidewalks are built on the right-of-way, especially bike lanes. that's usually what happens. i'm wondering if your department is watching the process or it gets consulted how does that interaction happen to make sure that we are not purposing putting people on scooters on the temporary sidewalks because it's not safe? >> absolutely. thank you. for that question, i'm hoping that my colleague kate mccarthy is on the line and can speak to it. kate is managing the communications efforts with the public and ensures all the responses

mr. crawford for an opening statement. >> thank you mr. chairman for holding this hearing and thank you for the witnesses participating. today's hearing will examine how amtrak should spend the record amounts of federal funding in the infrastructure bill signed into law last month. $66 billions in next five years with most going to amtrak. address issue with existing systems for maintenance and safety upgrades. amtrak also must recover from historic losses last year that led to receiving millions in federal bail out money to keep it operating despite record low ridership. amtrak must use this responsibly in way that attracts riders and makes a profit. more over amtrak works with strengthen relationships with the states. finally any potential expansion of amtrak system must include the full input of the freight railroads on capacity and track-sharing issues. ongoing supply chain emphasizes further efficiently moving goods across the nation. i commend the chair for holding this hearing today and i yield back the balance of my time. . >> than

mr. crawford from arkansas. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized mr. crawford: i rise in support of the 2022ndaa. the bill was interviewed and members interviewed amendments. as members arrived in washington and realized they had eight hours to review and vote on a 2100-page bill. this has become too familiar with the democrats. i will support our men and women in uniform. those who serve in the army as i once did are adequately to serve. i will work hard to achieve this process and i'm voting in favor of the legislation because of the the pay raises and provisions to hold the biden administration accountable on its irresponsible with dahl from afghanistan and the involvement the chinese communist party and the aggressive behavior around the world. i hope next year we will absorb the providings to make sure -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired the gentleman from alabama reserves. the gentleman from washington. mr.smith: i yield two minutes to the gentleman from arizona. >> i rise in support of this bill. i'm proud we in the house

mr. crawford for five minutes. >> thank you, last month amtrak received record funding for the network thates out of the experience of the revenue and covid-19 and how can amtrak use the historic funding to the existing system by bringing back the writers and working state-supported routes to full service. >> thank you for the question, were optimistic and we will be able to work with amtrak to improve and increase services and provide additional assets and support for our customers along the core doors and we are looking forward to also improving at the formula that we mentioned earlier has been mentioned several times. so they were actually able to identify the leverage for the cost that we had it and make a decision about the future services. during the pandemic we had the services by 50 percent and ridership went down to only 5 percent i'm happy to report the ridership is booming we've experienced great increases in ridership and we look forward to working with amtrak to even further give the services and improve the ridership and we have a demand along our core door to increase. >> inc

mr. crawford. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. crawford: thank you, madam speaker. i thank the gentleman for his leadership. i rise today to oppose this insane piece of legislation house democrats are proposing. this bill is yet another further attempt by the chairman of house permanent select committee on intelligence, adam schiff, to retroactively attack president trump's -- president trump even after the democrat russia collusional allegations have been repeatedly debunked. i want to specifically bring attention to title 13 of this ridiculous bill. this provide requires employees, officials, and agents of a presidential campaign to report foreign national contact and/or contributions to the sec and the f.b.i. the f.b.i. is required to provide notice to the campaign and to the house permanent select committee on intelligence or hpsci, as we call it. sound familiar? the f.b.i. would be required to work with hpsci on counterintelligence investigations into political candidates. what could possibly go wrong? this provision is design

mr. crawford, for an opening statement. >> thank you, mr. chairman, and for holding this hearing.nk you to the witnesses. we hear how amtrak will respond to the infrastructure bill. it gives the railroad $66 billion over five years with most going to amtrak. while amtrak will expand routes it is imperative they first address the pressing issues with the existing system such as much-needed maintenance and upgrades. amtrak must work to recover from historic loss of last year that led to receiving billions in federal bailout money to keep it operating despite record low ridership. amtrak must strive to use taxpayer money responsibly and in a way that makes a profit. it is important amtrak strengthens its relationship with the states including developing a fair and transparent cost policy with state-supported routes. any potential expansion of and amtrak systems must value the freight railroads. the important work the freight railroads cannot be obstructed. i commend the chair for holding this hearing and i yield back the balance of my time. >> thank you. i now call on and recognize m

mr. crawford for an opening statement. >> bethank you mr. chairman andi for holding the hearing. how amtrak should spend on the infrastructure bill into law last month the law gives $66 billion over the next five years and most is going to amtrak while they've announced plans to expand the route it is imperative the first address the pressing issue with the existing system. amtrak must work from the losses last year that led to the billions of dollars of federal bailout money to keep it operating despite the record low ridership. they must use it responsibly in a way that makes it moreover to strengthen this relationship including through the transparent allocations. finally, any expansion on the capacity and supply chain [inaudible] the important work cannot be obstructed. i yield back the balance of my time. >> thank you. now recognizing mr. defazio, the chairman of the full committee. >> you will have to put up with me for another 12 months or so. those are very kind words. during the entirety of my law, the 35 years the inner-city rail has had funding starts and stops and thr

mr. crawford: i thank my friend from florida. thank you, madam speaker. today i stand alongside my colleague,000,000 constituents and millions of americans in support of life and in defense of the democratic process. human life begins at conception just five weeks into pregnancy, an unborn baby's heart begins to beat. at 10 weeks they have fingerers -- fingers and toes. however for 48 years the roe v. wade decision has trampled on the democratic process and abandoned the unborn. since the 1973 decision, over 62 million abortions have been performed. that's over one million per year. this is a disgraceful attack on human life. it's imperative that the legislative powers to make laws, east pebble loif this magnitude, be vested in the people's representatives not nine unelected judges. arkansas quans and citizens across the nation want to protect life but their hands have been tied i bithe supreme court. i urge the supreme court to overturn roe v. wade. it's time to turn the abortion debate back where it belong with the people. i yield back. mrs. cammack: th