kerwin -- mr. mathias, earlier you said you had 8500 poles agreed to but that doesn't count the 11000 that you did previously. it's my understanding you're closing to 20,000 poles across the country that have been approved and that 20,000 is about out of 30,000, 35000 that they will need. we've already got two-thirds of the locations approved and ready to go. is that right? >> correct. >> thank you. and thank you mr. chairman for your indulgence. >> thank you. mr. barletta. >> safety is my first priority there's no question and positive train control is a necessary tool to improve safety, but the fact of the matter is that most railroads will not have the technology installed by december 31st 2015 deadline. today i'm wondering what happens on january 1st 2016, if the deadline remains? mr. loan grow, today ms. feinberg again committed to hold the railroads accountable for not meeting the ptc deadline, including potential fines and restrictions of service. if the deadline is not extended what actions

mr. mcshane: kara, most surprising finding? ms. kerwin: so if we were thinking or from the parents' perspective or respondents who said they have school-age children, what's interesting is that despite the fact so many of them felt there was too much testing and pressure on testing, there is almost a 50/50 split on the need for common core and then their valuing quality more or better education. but so, and it goes to the national debate that's going on now about testing, about common core and what parents actually value. but i wonder -- and some of those questions, paul, this is a question for you, when you were characterizing them into better education or quality, what -- were there just some -- is it -- does it just feel safer? mr. diperna: that's a great question. and we don't really define quality in that item. quality is one of those trigger words. it's going to be coded. usually it's better quality. higher quality. we just leave it to however the respondent takes that. and we do code for things like safety, more structure disciplin

mr. donaldorseno chief executive officer of metro commuter rail and russell kerwin metro link. i ask unanimous consent that the full statements be included in the record. full objection so ordered. and the sub-committee would request your keep your statements limited to five minutes. with that ms. feinberg, you're recognized. >> thank you, chairman dunham, ranking member capuano chairman schuster and members of the sub-committee, thank you for the opportunity to appear before you to discuss the implementation of positive train control in the united states. ptc technology is the single most important railroad safety development in more than a century. the technology is not new. elements have existed since the early 20th century. in fact regulators and safety advocates have been calling on the rail industry to implement some form of ptc for many decades. the ntsb since 1969. rail improvement act of 1968 required ptc to be fully implemented by december 31, 2015. ptc is required on class 1 railroad rain lines where poisonous or toxic by inhalation are transports and on any main lin