mr. connelly. mr. meadows. >> thank you, chairman. before i give, mr. i want to recognize not only the outstanding service that you have provided to the great folks of florida and the united states as a whole, but a personal friendship to me. as a new guy coming in that had no idea what went on behind the scenes or what went on out there, you took a young guy from north carolina, and actually invested in me in a way that quite frankly, i'll never forget. you and pat are dear friends. it has been a difficult year. i want to let you know that i sincerely appreciate your friendship, your leadership, your investment, your love, and your compassion for the people that you serve. if they knew what i knew, that everyday that you were worried about serving them more than serving yourself, i think that they would rise up with a statue. i just want to say that i have a personal statue in my heart of a man that i appreciate so much. and you know in my district, we're the only district in the united states with a place called micaville, so every time i go by, i'll

mrs. connelly. >> welcome to dallas, darling. >> that was natalie portman brilliantly portraying jacqueline kennedy on that trackage dacday in dallas in 1963. it's a scene from "jackie" which chronicles how she faced the whirlwind of her life following the assassination of her husband, john f. kennedy. she said i lost track somewhere what was real and what was performance. here's a clip. >> people won't stop asking until you do. >> and if i don't, they'll interpret my silence however they want. her brow furrows. her lips are drawn. she holds back her tears bought she can't hide her anger. >> most writers want to be famous. >> you want to be famous? >> no, i'm fine as i am, thank you. >> you should prepare yourself. this article will bring you a great deal of attention. >> in that case, any advice for me? >> yes. don't marry the president. are you afraid i'm about to cry? >> no, i say you're more likely to scream. >> scream what? >> my husband was a great man. >> i'm joined by the screenwriter of this great film, "jackie," by noah opeopenhiem. >> i have told people your age that 9/11 was a h

mr. connelly: not one. like the minute, governor. it is my five minutes. wish i had 10 and in that would give you all the time in the world. this is the failure of what you advocated. there is no evidence, even after you were warned by the mayor of flint. they had problems than ebay due to come. you ignored him. we had no evidence of you traveling to flint for 7 -- the flint for seven months. seven months, governor. seven months. i am glad you are sorry no. i am glad you are taking action now. but it is a little bit late for fl whoseinn health hasi been compromised, for people whosent help and immunity systems are already compromised, for a city in america that is on its knees because of your emergency managers decision to save $4 million, now it will cost a lot more to clean up. and the stain and taint that state government has put on this country in the form of flint will be a long time been erased. point, thet some buck stops at your office, governor, with your department of environmental quality that collapsed, with your emergency managers who are guil

mr. chairman. and good morning, chairman mica, chairman meadows, ranking member duckworth, ranking member connelly, members of the subcommittee and i, too, want to lend my voice to mr. chairman mica for your great service here to the city and to the country. thank you for that. i serve as a the principal director from washington, d.c. on the wmata board and for the last 10 months have been the chairman of the board of wmata. in addition to that, i am the ward 2 councilmember on the council of the district of columbia which operates the central business district, 11 surrounding neighborhoods, 12 metro stops. since 1999, i've chaired the council's committee on financial revenue. i appreciate the opportunity to testify before the committee today and provide updates from my prior testimony in april 13, 2016, and since then wmata has taken significant steps to improve safety, reliability and fiscal management of the system. i do want to personally take this opportunity to thank congressman hoyer, congressman norton, congressman connelly, congressman meadows and congressman comstock who i had an opportun

mr. hart, chairman of of the ntsb, welcome back sir, and you are recognized. >> thank you and good morning chairman micah, chairman meadows , ranking member connelly, and members of the two subcommittees. thank you for you for inviting me to testify today on behalf of ntsb. chairman micah, thank you for your years of service in congress and all you have done to advance transportation safety. i would like to act out the accolades have received this morning. i appreciate the continued oversight of the metro system. about three weeks ago they released the most wanted list for 2017 and 18 which again included improving rail transit safety oversight. the ntsb investigation of rails transit accidents continue to show that safety oversight is unreliable which increases the risk of further accidents, injuries, loss of life. of life. an effective independent oversight system must be created to ensure the highest possible a safety is afforded to the writers and the employees. an adequate oversight of the system is a problem. in general we have found that all the safety program plans were in place they were not effectively implemented or overseen. oversight challenges ar