mr. stanton you are recognized for five minutes. >> thank you madame chair for holding this important hearingank you to each of the witnesses for your important testimony today. and with the testing of autonomous vehicles and operating a fully driverless vehicle and in scottsdale retailers for local delivery and in tucson arizona completing the first fully autonomous road on between phoenix and tucson. and with that transportation system and those who face barriers to transportation enhancing vehicle safety reducing crashes and increasing productivity and at the same time to recognize that has the potential to alter the workforce to keep as many people employed as possible. is important for this committee in all of those for the witnesses today to have a seat at the table so my first question is for the vice chair. and i know firsthand at the local level to foster innovation. >> and to pilot we went to see partnerships with cities that have more testing and workplaces and provide more data and working to have autonomous vehicles their own safety standards. >> and your testimony calls for fede

mr. stanton. >> thank you very much, mr. chair, to the distinguished panel of witnesses, thank you for taking time out of your very busy schedule to aid this committee to continue its work and share your views on the american music fairness act. and mr. chairman, i know it's an issue you have worked on for many years and i'm pleased we're taking time to gather information and study this issue, and mr. pomeroy, did you want to answer the last question? >> well, thank you, i just want today say that, you know, when it comes to this money and what's going to happen with it, musicians constantly have to upgrade their gear and purchase new gear to record with, and that is a-- and you know, this would allow us to invest in ourselves and allow us to keep moving the music forward as opposed to going backwards and i just wanted to make sure that you understand that when this money comes in, it's going right back out to the american economy and helping everyone and helping us take the music to the next level so we can stay in front of

mr. stanton, i inform the house that representatives kuster, pingree, and stanton will vote yes on h.r. 4445. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from oklahoma seek recognition? mrs. bice: madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. lucas of oklahoma, i inform the house that mr. lucas will vote aye on h.r. 4445. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? mr. correa: madam speaker, as the member designated by the following members -- sara jacobs, ami beret -- berra, grace napolitano, mr. gonzalez, lucille roybal-allard, henry cuellar, john garamendi, raul ruiz and a one vargas, i inform the house that these members will vote yes on h.r. 4445. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from south dakota seek recognition? mr. -- >> madam speaker, pursuant to house resolution 8, i inform the house that mr. reed of new york will vote yes on h.r. 4445. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? mr. jeffries: as the member designated by chairwoman lov