. >> solomon butcher was a pioneering photographer out in koster county in western nebraska. he took photos from about 1887 1886, until the early 1890s, of homesteaders and houses and was able to tell the story of this important development in american history. okay. well, i am going to show you one of my favorite images of the solomon butcher collection. it's actually a photograph of the christman sisters. it is four sisters who each took a homestead claim in koster county. this shows women homesteaders. it was the first time that women could own land on their own. it didn't belong to their husband's. it didn't belong to their fathers. single women could own their own land. and that was a really big deal with the homestead act. so each sister, each of the -- each of the christman sisters took a homestead near their father's ranch. they each built a small house on the -- on the homestead which was part of the homestead act. and they would take turns staying in each other's house and working each other's farm. so the sisters really pulled together and made it in nebraska. >> w

koster things off personal with ms. feinberg. again let me thank you for your response. the last committee meeting we did something somewhat out of the ordinary and asked you for a quick response with some of the questions this committee had on the amtrak crash but i think that those issues are important to resolve and understand quickly come in this committee thank you for your rapid response. we're getting the answers to those questions back out to committee members this morning. i did want to continue on exchange you and i had several times now. i pressed fra on positive train control is such a big priority, why are you not using california high-speed rail of dollars to upgrade not only the corridors of those connecting routes in california? california obviously we're ptc was started it is a big concern for those that ride the rail in california. it's a big concern for those who live by real in california. this is a national issue but in our home state were looking to provide leadership to resolve the safety concerns that people have quickly. and california high-speed