will be fta acting administrator teresa miller, and joining her will be acting administrator sarah feinbergthey will be acting on proposals and taking your questions from the audience. we're also thrilled that joining us here on the stage will be two great leaders in the transportation field that work tirelessly here in washington d.c. when you see me testify up on capitol hill there is very often two people standing right there next to me, janet kavinoky and dr. pete lorraine. great transportation leaders. they're going to help tell the story about how we have to work together to move the ball forward. now, passage of a surface transportation bill, it's a lengthy process. the first stage, we passed that in december of 2013. we gathered the information, we gathered the needs we put the data together, and we brought it to the hill and we brought it to our partners so we could all see together what those needs were. now we're in the second stage of that process when different ideas are put together that start to coealesce into a bill. there are lots of different bills out there, lots of diffe

we're also hearing from sarah feinberg who joined the administration january 9th, 2015. managed a $20 billion rail investment portfolio and helps develop and enforce rail safety regulations and oversees research and technology development programs. prior to coming to the fra, miss feinberg served as chief staff to the secretary of transportation. providing strategic advice and counsel regarding operational and legislative initiatives across all modes of transportation. now, updating us about the major goals and initiatives of the federal railroad administration, we'll turn to miss feinberg. please join me in welcoming her. [ applause ] >>> good afternoon. it is such a pleasure to be here today with my colleague and friend therese mcmillan. you know in my old world as the chief of staff of secretary foxx, i always appreciated the commitment that this organization shares with the administration's goal of making our national transportation network safer, more interconnected more reliable and more efficient. to the president, michael, your board, your members and staff, than

the conference today will be fta acting administrator terese mcmillan and joining her will be sarah feinbergey will share the administrations positions and proposals and take your questions from the audience. where also thrilled that joining us up or a human is on the stage will be two great leaders in the transportation field that work tirelessly in washington d.c. when you see me testify on capitol hill, if there is very often to people standing next to me. janet kavinoki and dr. pete tremayne who will help tell the story about how we have to work together to move the ball forward. the package of a surface transformation will -- transportation bill is a lengthy process. we gather the information in 2013. we put the data together. we brought it to the hill and we brought it to our partners so we could see together what those needs were. now we are in the second stage of that process with different ideas put together to coalesce to what will be come a bill. there is lots of different bills out there and lots of different ideas. do not be distracted by the shiny things in the water. state foc

i am now joining acting administrator macmillan and we will be hearing from sarah feinberg, acting administrator of the f r a who joined the administration and jan. ninth 2015. in this capacity, she manages the $20 billion real investments portfolio and develops real safety regulations and oversees research and technology development programs. prior to coming here ms. feinberg served as chief of staff to the secretary of transportation providing strategic advice and counsel regarding operational and legislative initiatives across all modes of transportation. updating us about the major goals and initiatives of the federal railroad administration we will turn to ms. feinberg. please join me in welcoming her. [applause] >> good afternoon. it is such a pleasure to be here today with my colleague and friend teresa macmillan. in multiple role as chief of staff for secretary fox i always appreciated the commitment this organization shares with the administration's goal of making the national transportation network safer, more interconnected more reliable and more efficient. your board your members and

will be fta acting administrator teresa miller, and joining her will be acting administrator sarah feinbergthey will be acting on proposals and taking your questions from the audience. we're also thrilled that joining us here on the stage will be two great leaders in the transportation field that work tirelessly here in washington, d.c. when you see me testify up on capitol hill, there is very often two people standing right there next to me, janet kavinoky and dr. pete ruane. great transportation leaders. they're going to help tell the story about how we have to work together to move the ball forward. now, passage of a surface transportation bill, it's a lengthy process. the first stage, we passed that in december of 2013. we gathered the information, we gathered the needs, we put the data together, and we brought it to the hill and we brought it to our partners so we could all see together what those needs were. now we're in the second stage of that process when different ideas are put together that start to coalesce into a bill. there are lots of different bills out there, lots of differ

the conference today will be theresa mcmillan and joining her will be acting fra administrator sarah feinbergthey will be here to share the administration's positions and proposals and taking your questions on the audience. we are also thrilled that joining us up here in a few minutes on the stage will be two to great leaders in the transportation field that have worked tirelessly in washington d.c.. when you see me testify on capitol hill very often two people are standing next to me. janet kavinoky and dr. pete ruane. they will help tell the story about how we have to work together to move the ball forward. passage of a surface transportation bill is a lengthy process. the first stage we pass that on december 2013. we gather the information. we information. together they needs. we put the data together and they brought it to the hill and we brought to our partners so they could see together what those needs were. now we we are in the second stage of that process were different ideas are put together to start the call as to what will become a bill. there are lots of different bills out there