comstock: i really appreciate it. we present really good thoughts that the general manager has already put into this. maybe focus on those things first and bring the cost down. we can have a similar discussion on that when we eventually solve some of these other problems. i appreciate your taking that approach. thank you. the chairman: let me follow up on what my friend mr. connolly was saying with regard to jurisdiction. i don't know if you are necessarily the best group. i care a lot about secretary fox, i consider him a personal friend. i don't know if it was the right decision. here is my whole point on this. we have got to get the system in not at ahere you are hearing talking about the safety of this system. while it may be germane today i'm hopeful that in the very near future it will not be a discussion that even comes up. we talked about uber a little bit. i have staff members who are taking uber and other forms of transportation to get to work, who used to take the metro, just because they can't rely on metr

comstock. >> thank you, mr. chairman, thank you for yielding and i would like to thank him for the hearing and allowing us to join. this is a vitally important issue to my district and to our entire region and i appreciate our new manager and i'd like to emphasize for everyone in the audience, that mr. wiedefeld is the new general manager of metro and we appreciate his work with us. i know when he first game and met with all of the washington area, my colleagues, we all emphasized a cultural change and i appreciate how much you are taking that to heart and really facing a lot of what you have called to heart, truths of the system. we were together at an event yesterday in lowden county and i will want to say how much people did appreciate, again, you're talking about the many hard truths we have on how we're going to have to deal with the long road ahead to regain public trust given we've had a drop-off in metro ridership because of the lack of reliability and the increased concerns for safety. so i do appreciat

comstock and go to mr. connolly. >> mr. chairman, i didn't know it was that easy to exhaust the republicans. >> i'm still here, jerry. >> you got this one even with all my italian emergency. go ahead. >> thank you, mr. chairman. after seeing a little bit of the back and forth here, one of the things i'd like to recommend to all of my colleagues here is to focus on our new general manager here who has really set out some good things that we all can agree on. so there will be time later for some the food fights and some of the things we have seen here but i think where we need to focus right now is on what mr. wiedefeld has focused on, and i think a lot of our colleagues on a bipartisan basis agree on that. so i would encourage everybody as we go forward on this, let's work on all the things we agree on first before we start any of these of these fights. in that effort, i wanted to ask mr. -- i appreciate what mr. evans said about you. it's capable of anyone who has ever been here. you certainly have demonstrated that from th

. >> the chair recognizes the gentle woman from virginia, miss comstock, for five minutes. >> thank you. i thank the ranking member -- as a former member of the virginia state legislature, we are only there january through february or march sometimes. so that had some impact this year also as we were trying to take some action. so, thank you. and i also wanted to mention congressman wolf had been up here, my predecessor today. i mentioned we were having a metro hearing and he raised the same issue mr. delaney raised on the board. appreciate the honesty in terms of looking at the expertise there and obviously there are challenges there to look at. i do agree with mr. delaney that that needs to be looked at more thoroughly. i wanted to, again, return to some of the management ideas our new general manager is focused on just to get them on the record here. yesterday, you had talked about things like looking at paratransit. and how we can save money there. i don't know if maintenance might be an area that can be outsourced. could you maybe detail for the record, so we have some of these goo

comstock. >> thank you, mr.hairman, thank you for yielding and i would like to thank him for the hearing and allowing us to join. this is a vitally important issue to my district and to our entire region and i appreciate our new manager and i'd like to emphasize for everyone in the audience, that mr. wiedefeld is the new general manager of metro and we appreciate his work with us. i know when he first game and -- he first came and met with all of the washington area, my colleagues, we all emphasized a cultural change and i appreciate how much you are taking that to heart and really facing a lot of what you have called the hard truths of the system. we were together at an event yesterday in lowden county and i want to say how much people did appreciate, again, you're talking about the many hard truths we have on how we're going to have to deal with the long road ahead to regain public trust given we've had a drop-off in metro ridership because of the lack of reliability and the increased concerns for safety. so i

comstock. as you just told my colleague, you have the statutory authority to withhold funds 5% to 15%. in fact, you've threatened to do that if the three jurisdictions do not form this oversight committee in a certain course of time. is that correct? >> that's correct, one year. february of next year. >> all right. have you taken cognizance of the legislative schedules of the two respective states, maryland and virginia? >> yes, we have. what we would like to see -- we're continuing to provide technical assistance and work with the three jurisdictions. we would like to see this move forward rather than take actions to withhold funds. >> i support what you're trying to do and pressure you're trying to put on them. one little word of caution. be aware of the difference in legislative schedules so we're not asking them to do something they can't possibly do within their legislative calendar. >> i just want to say we could rather than would. >> thank you. >> the chair recognizes the gentle woman fr

comstock and we will proceed in that order. so today i would like to begin by making some remarks, some opening statements, and i'm pleased again to welcome everyone. this is not a new kids on the block hearing. this is actually a continuum of hearings that we've held. i've had the opportunity to chair the transportation committee and we looked at the problems with ramada and washington metro during that tenure. on the 12th of january, 2015, last year, we had a horrible incident and accident in which an individual lost their life in the metro system. i called a hearing february 13th of 2015, that was our first ogr hearing to review what had taken place. we personally visited ntsb, we looked at -- we looked at the problem that was identified, we tried to find out what was going wrong at that point, what occurred that -- what made that incident occur and then seek remediation. we did a second hearing, i might remind members, the july 21st, 2015, and i'm very concerned that after talking with mr. hartwell we will hear from in a wh

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comstock and will proceed in that order. >> tod today i would like to be by making remarks and opening statements. i am pleased to welcome everyone. this is not a new kids on the block hearing. this is actually a continuum of hearings that we have held. i had the opportunity to chair the transportation committee and we looked at the problems with ramada and washington metro during that tenure. on the 12th of january 2015 last year we had a horrible incident and accident in which an individual lost their life in the metro system. i called it hearing february 13th of 2015 that was our first ogr hearing to review what had taken place. we visited ntsb and looked at the problem identified and tried to find out what was going wrong at that point and what made that incident occur and then seek remediation. we did a second hear july 21st 2015 and i am concerned after talking to ntsb that some of their recommendations were passed on from the fatal accident in june and i am not sure if they were taken care of. we had the latest incident. we had a shutdown of the system 29 hours march 16th. i gav

representative barbara comstock joined them. she represents loudoun county which just seven years ago had no deaths related to the drugs. now, 29 deaths, well over 100 overdoses. the county is giving police officers and emts n fight the problem and while more states are stepping up efforts, house speaker paul ryan says lawmakers need to take action on the national level. >> there is common ground here. the issue of opioid abuse is an issue we will be tackling. the senate has passed a very good bipartisan bill. the president has put forward some of his own good ideas. so we can get this done and we can win this battle. >> ryan is confident they'll come up with legislation by the end of the month and move it to the house floor in may. >>> witnesses come forward. "first at 4," what they say did not happen in the moments before a popular ex-football player was gunned down. >>> cars crushed. homes pounded by some strong storms. the force of nature that caused all this damage, and it may not what you think.be fios is not cable. we're

comstock: john cavanaugh attended georgetown university, where he received a bachelor of science in language and linguistics. he began his teaching career at georgetown preparatory in 1973 and shortly transfer moved to the congressional schools of virginia in 1976. he's shown an exemplary commitment to teaching over what has now become a 40-year career. over the years, mr. cavanaugh has taught spanish, latin, german, italian, english as a second language, geography, world history, american history, and government to thousands of students. currently concentrating on latin and history, she's shown the same dedication to his students since the first day he walked into the classroom 40 years ago. his knowledge of american history is legendary and he instills in his students a strong desire to learn while also encouraging them to explore their own talent. his hard work and passion for education has led him to -- led to his peers nominating him for "the washington post" teacher of the year award. he's been described as an icon and shepherd by colleagues and students alike. his unwearing commitment

resolution, representative chris van hollen, eleanor holmes norton, deborah edwards and barbara comstock. show support for this great american past time and the young people and those families who participate and i yield back and i thank the two gentlemen for their leadership. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. the gentleman from florida is recognized. mr. curbelo: i would like to grat late the gentleman for bringing this resolution. the gentleman from maryland respects the traditions of this house and through his example teaches newer members and i'm proud to support this resolution and urge my colleagues to do the same. i reserve. mr. carson: i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from florida is recognized. mr. curbelo: i would like to yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the question is will the house suspend the rules and agree to house concurrent resolution 119. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in

it is proven that increasing the number of police officers and applying aims like comstock for community policing or evidence-based are proven to bring down crime. however, things like stop and frisk creates a large hole in communities. it is very similar to how you would look at criminal justice policy overall from an economic perspective. bipartisan --e coming together, on capitol hill, there is -- there are several bills right now capitol hill that are sponsored by republicans and democrats. the major one is the sentencing reform and act and this is a really remarkable effort by republicans and democrats to come together on this issue, and that bill has a real chance of passing and i think that is showing how people can come across the lines to push some and forward in that particular bill would reduce mandatory minimums for several low-level crimes, as well as allow judges more discretion to depart from those when needed. >> i think one of the things that is important to remember is not just what happens on capitol hill but also what happens when they go home and one of the things th