dalinger, with cocoa transporters inc. -- cargo transporters inc. ms. janet, who is with vulcan. then we have matthew with the transportation trades department of the afl-cio. you are recognized for up to five minutes. >> thank you and congratulations on your employment to the most important subcommittee in congress. chairman, ranking member and members of the subcommittee, thank you for holding today's important hearing on our nation's highways and the role of moving people and freight. i am the executive director of the american association of state highways and transportation officials. i'm honored to testify on behalf of state dot's in all 50 states, the district of columbia and puerto rico. this morning i will speak to the surface transportation aspects. well this hearing is focused on highway programs, we recognize federal transit and passenger rail programs remain crucial to supporting our entire transportation system. my testimony will speak to the successes and challenges and the upcoming transportation reauthorization. let's start with the successes. one of the most imp

in transportation. more recently hurricane helene's devastation to my home state highlighted the need for robust transcript -- transportation networks. ata strongly supported passage of the last highway bill that made substantial investments in all 50 states. the legislation provided the largest infusion of funding for our nation's supply chain in nearly a century. and yet, the harsh reality, that after accounting for inflation we are spending less on roads and bridges today. the failure to act comes at a risk and imposes its own cost, case and point. highway bottlenecks out over $100 billion to the cost of freight transportation annually. that is the cost of 435,000 drivers sitting idle for one year. it is imperative we expand the capacity and eliminate the inefficiencies to boost u.s. manufacturing, grow public and private businesses, and lower costs for the consumer. infrastructure improvements reduce hazards, promoting safety for the motoring public and our drivers. that is a high priority for the t

they think about how to solve transportation problems. virginia has tackled a lot of congestion on i-95 by investing in csx right away, entirely paid for by the private sector until now. that's getting a lot of trucks off the highway which is making the highway more efficient. the trucks that need to be there for the motorists and also increases safety as well. speed limiters are one way to improve safety and i'm pleased the a.t.a. supports 70-mile-per-hour speed limit. how would limiting truck speeds increase road safety for all users? >> a.t.a. has had a policy and actually the speed limit is 65. >> sorry, 65. >> it's actually 65 with enhanced, if you have some of the enhanced safety features, up to 70 miles per hour. so basically as a company, i joined the company in 1986. our speed limit was 65 miles per hour and we've stuck by that even, you know, when we had people who told uswe could get more drivers if we raised the speed limit. but we think it is a safety factor. definitely. >> i'm out of town. mr. chairman, i yield back. thank y

>> (please standby for the san francisco county transportation authority meeting this morning at 10:00 am., tuesday, january 28, 2025.)■w >> good morning and welcome to the san francisco county transportation authority meeting this morning at 10:00 am., tuesday, january 28, 2025. >> i'm chair mandelman i serve as chair you are vice chair is vice chair melgar thin jamie lee from sfgovtv as well as our clerk amy saeyang and with that, madam clerk, call the roll. >> >> commissioner chan, present. >> >> commissioner chen, present. >> >> commissioner dorsey, present. >> >> commissioner engardio, present. >> >> commissioner fielder presenter. >> commissioner mahmood, present. >> >> chair mandelman, present. >> >> vice chair melgar, present. >> >> commissioner sauter, present. >> >> commissioner sherrill, present. >> >> commissioner walton. >> chair we have quorum. >> thank you, madam clerk >> will you please call oh, actually no seems ivy believe you is public comment. >> >> we welcome >> location: legislative chamber, room 250, city hall watch sf cable channel 26 or 99 (depending on your pr

top priority of the transportation department. it is what sean duffy is part focused on. as if i'm firm congressmen cochair of the great lakes task force work with republicans and democrats in the house and the senatere on infrastructure including wisconsin and minnesota, and upgrading. carl et cetera baldwin is called mr. duffy the right person for this job. neared a unanimous bipartisan vote on a commerce committee last week. mr. presidents mr. duffy mentioned during his confirmation hearing he and his wife rachel nine children. i am not the first to observe the logistics of moving the duffy clan is by itself preparation for this job. but more seriously mr. president as a father and a parent of new drivers, transportation safety is personal to mr. duffy. as a resident i will state myself i appreciate coming from rural wisconsin he knows the infrastructure needs and rural parts of the country are just ae important as those anywhere else. mr. president sean duffy will bring valuable experience to the transportation department. he

i'm living proof that treaeaeaea >> good morning and welcome to the san francisco county transportation authority meeting this morning at 10:00 am., tuesday, january 28, 2025. >> i'm chair mandelman i serve as chair you are vice chair is vice chair melgar thin jamie lee from sfgovtv as well as our clerk amy saeyang and with that, madam clerk, call the roll. >> >> commissioner chan, present. >> >> commissioner chen, present. >> >> commissioner dorsey, present. >> >> commissioner engardio, present. >> >> commissioner fielder presenter. >> commissioner mahmood, present. >> >> chair mandelman, present. >> >> vice chair melgar, present. >> >> commissioner sauter, present. >> >> commissioner sherrill, present. >> >> commissioner walton. >> chair we have quorum. >> thank you, madam clerk >> will you please call oh, actually no seems ivy believe you is public comment. >> >> we welcome >> location: legislative chamber, room 250, city hall watch sf cable channel 26 or 99 (depending on your provider) watch www.sfgovtv.org remotely the the best way the best way the best way the best way item, when

the title of this hearing, "transportation to move people," is fitting because every day we rely on transportation to live our lives. in fact, all of us took some form of transportation just to be here today. whether we walked on the roads, drove a car, or rode a train. we need to build a future where safe, efficient, and sustainable transportation is not a luxury, but a reality for every american regardless of zip code. when we invest in our infrastructure, we create a ripple effect that touches every aspect of our society and economy. the investments from president biden's bipartisan infrastructure law have already contributed to the creation of 1.6 million jobs in construction and manufacturing. our job now is to continue building on that progress, so millions are not left behind. i look forward to hearing your answer to this question, mr. tymon. on monday, president trump issued an executive order titled "unleashing american energy." section 7 of that order states, "all agencies shall immediately pause the disbursement of funds appropriated through the inflation reduction act or the infrastruc

the top priority of the transportation department.nd it's what sean duffy is focused on. as a five-term congressman and a cochair of the great lakes task force, he worked with republicans and democrats in the house and senate on a number of infrastructure projects, including the replacement of a decades' old bridge connecting wisconsin and minnesota and update ago the soo locks. mr. duffy has been called the right person for this job and earned a unanimous bipartisan vote out of the commerce committee last week. as mr. duffy mentioned during his confirmation hearing, he and his wife rachel have nine children. and i'm not the first to observe that the logistics of moving the duffy clan is by itself preparation for this job. but more seriously, mr. president, as a father and the parent of new drivers, transportation safety is personal to mr. duffy. and as a resident of a rural state myself, i appreciate that coming from rural wisconsin, he knows the infrastructure needs in rural parts of the country are just as important as those anywhe

it goes beyond transport.tting out a statement that they will not operate as normal. an idea of the widespread disruption expected. yesterday evening at about 6pm, people in 22 of scotland's 32 local authorities got that uk government emergency alert on their phone, the first time it has officially been used in scotland to give people a warning about the expected weather today, about the storm, and the advice of what they should be doing, which is of course to stay at home, only travel as completely necessary. there is that red level warning of gusts of up to 100 mph possible, and the threat to life which comes with that. that is the official advice, stay at home, only travel is completely necessary. david in glas . ow, completely necessary. david in glasgow, thank _ completely necessary. david in glasgow, thank you _ completely necessary. david in glasgow, thank you very - completely necessary. david in glasgow, thank you very much | glasgow, thank you very much for that. as they were both reporting... many t

transportation secretary shawn duffy, d.c. fire and ems chief john donnelly, american airlines ceo robert isom, metropolitan washington airport authority ceo jack carter, united states senator mark warner, united states senator tim kaine, u.s. representative don beyer, as well as the metropolitan police department, pamela smith, and we are joined by first responders from across the metropolitan washington region. i speak for all of us when i say, and certainly all washingtonians, how very sad we are for american airlines, for the united states department of defense, and for all americans for the loss of life that happened with the collision of these aircraft. we know that includes families from across our region as well as in kansas and across the country. this morning we all share a profound sense of grief. i do want to thank the first responders who acted quickly last night, who ran towards danger, went into a very frigid river, and have worked throughout the night. chief donnelly reported in last night's briefing that we ha

why is government using public transport? the moment to that, however, today is the final, the very free public transport and tomorrow. and one's going to get back to getting back onto the road. ok, tony will leave it there for now. tony chang. bye for say in bangkok. still ahead on alger 0. i've had to go hate on capitol hill. we're 2 of trump's most controversial nominations. came to testify the hello just over a week ago, we were looking at temperatures struggling to get anywhere from near freezing across the deep south of the us. that as little change, we're drawing a much smaller ad warm around moist the, from the gulf of mexico. and that is guide to the temperatures lifting quite small . at least i went to the twenty's. you can see down across the deep south, and that was full time to push as well a little further north with as we go on through the next couple of days, it goes, it is bumping into cobra. and so we have got a very unstable mix. look about 25 south east of dallas by sunday, very unstable mix in our weather

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i went to echo transportation secretary and you mr. said because it pertains the dod as well. we will have the best and brightest in every position possible but as you said in your inaugural it is colorblind and merit-based. the best leaders possible it's flying a black hawk, flying airplanes, leading platoons, or in government. the era of dti is gone at the defense department. we did the best and brightest whether it's in our air air traffic control or are generals or throughout government. thank you for your leadership and courage on that sir. will standby on it. a >> thank you. >> think you mr. president of your leadership and went to reemphasize something the president said you're the secretary of transportation there was a whole of government response we were on the phone, all communicating yesterday trying at the bottom of this immediately. also try to communicate about what happened. we are on the standards and who your hiring on one hand jack in the best people in government on the other hand stresses on the people hoarded ther

of transport. but the thing the government isn't doing is tackling the real source of the problem. and of course, today as the scheme is coming to an end, able to just getting straight back into the cause. i'm back on the road again. it sounds like these f, it's all terribly joined, up is already long term plan. and the all thing to get to grips with this pollution thing you had in a piece of this, say the emissions are a real problem here in the city also to the fine particular task from construction site. but the real problem here in china is agricultural branding. and that's going on, not just here, but in a ring of countries around china. yeah. and my louse can budget, and there is to name crops, mays or cold, which they use the agricultural face and sugar cane when the foam is left with that they just have to do, ma'am, the waste of waste the but it's too expensive to transport it or treat it in a different way, so they just set it up. and this is the thing, the government says, we can't do an

never was i smacked in the face about difficulties with transportation. been living in washington, d.c. and i understand the realities and thed. challenges and so i can't -- i can't necessarily recommend the fundamentals but what i can tell you, congress has to step in, you have to learn, figure out how to work together and realize this is something we need desperately to make sure we get it done and let it rolls. we are fully on board to make sure we get over the finish line about that. >> i would just add first and foremost my condolences to the entire la community. i have family who has lost home, friends, no doubt you do as well and absolute tragedy. i think a lot of it comes down to southern california is another one of those parts of the country that has so many different governments and we talked about a program earlier in chicago called the create program where the city, county, state, railway, commuter rail have worked together to talk about investments to be made to free up capacity, to create more service and i think there's a real opportunity

rail is the safest mode of transportation.ould be focused on solving problems and be practical for short fund railroads. for short line the biggest derailment comes from broken rail and wide gauge and invest in the track and chris yes already does. finally, i ask the congress not increase the size of weight of trucks. we are joined by a broad coalition of cities, counties, police, first respond hers, labor organizations and highway safety groups in that request. for railroads, trucks are direct competition and don't pay fair share of highway maintenance and shift to truck and end up with bigger trucks. thank you. mr. webster: our next witness. >> good morning chairman websters. i'm track division manager of railroad construction company or r.c.c. and i serve as chairman of the board of the national railroad construction and maintenance association or n.r.c. i congratulate chairman graves as chairman. and chairman webster and ranking member titus for your new positions. mr. webster: could you mike move. >> the n.r.c. advances t

this is a primary military t transport for method of transportation in the area of senior governmenticials and vip, including commander-in-chief himself. suppose he needs to go, president trump, from white house to central intelligence agency, he would travel by military helicopter. any other official, cia director, if you rely on regular vehicle trans port, you can never get there because traffic is horrendous, it will take too long. tr trans port takes place everyday many times per day and this kind of thing never happens. i think something really strange hap happened. it is probably both. it is extremely hard to land, especially at night. we would look at both sides, the black hawk pilots and the civilian aircraft pilots and exactly see what happened. we'll find that out because ntsb is excellent at it. when i got my training at central intelligence agency, they took us to the ntsb and we looked very intensively at the pan am crash. >> ashley: there will have to be investigations on every end of this. we found out russian skater and a coach were also on the plane. this is affectin

i want to echo what transportation secretary and you mr. president said. because it pertains to the d.o.d. as well. we will have the best and brightest in every position possible. as you said in your inaugural it is color blind and merit based. the best leaders possible whether it's flying blackhawks and airplanes, leading platoons or in government. the era of d.e.i. is gone at the defense department and we need to best and brightest whether it's in air traffic control, whether it's in generals, or whether it's throughout government. thank you for your leadership and courage and we'll stand by you on it. thank you. >> president trump: j.d., please. >> i want to re-emphasize something the president said and you heard from the secretary of transportation and defense. there was a whole of government response. we were on the phone communicating trying to get to the bottom of it immediately and try to communicate with the american people about what happened. something the president said that bears reemphasizing which is that when you don't have the best standar

politan transportation commission policies.tem 10.4 amending transportation code division two section 301 to clarify the process for updating s.f. mta base fees and fines. item 10.5 amending the transportation code division to article 1100 section 1111113s1b to eliminate the requirement that taxis submit a valid and current brake certificate issued by an official inspection station certified by the state of california during inspections and imposes a requirement that taxis undergo a 19 point inspection as part of the regular inspection process. that concludes your consent calendar. >> we will now open public comment for item ten the consent calendar. >> i do have one speaker card for item 10.5 for mark gruber. >> thank you again to carla directors mark gruber this time speaking for green cab where i am a driver and helped to manage the company so we i hope you received the letter and had a chance to look at it the letter that i sent over the weekend. i know that yesterday was a holiday and maybe that forestalled your opportunit

my name is jennifer i'm the chairwoman for the national transportation safety board.ational transportation safetyat board with investigate every civil aviation and serious accident and incident and other modes of transportation going to start by expressing her deepest condolences who those who lost loved ones in this terrible tragedy. we are thinking of you bryce estate senior aircraft accident investigator the national transportation safety board. he'sb. going to serve as investigator in charge of this investigation. we have todd is going to serve's post person for this investigation. all of the board members will be here. alvin brown, member mike graham who lived in wichita for 20 years. we have tom chapman. ntsb headquarters is just 1 mile from here. and so we are all here this is anth all hands on deck event. and we are here to assure the american people we are going to leave no stone unturned in this investigation. we are going to conduct a thorough investigation of this entire tragedy.s looking at the facts. now, with that i want to level set. when we go to the

transportation secretary sean duffy and defense secretary pete hegseth. pres. trump: i would like to request a moment of silence for the victims and their families please. thank you very much. i speak to you this morning in an hour of english -- anguish for our nation. just before 9:00 p.m. and american airlines regional jet carrying 60 passengers and four crew collided with an army black hawk helicopter carrying three military service over the potomac river in washington, d.c. on final approach to reagan national airport. both aircraft crashed instantly and were immediately submerged into the icy waters of the potomac. a real tragedy. the massive search-and-rescue mission was underway throughout the night, leveraging every asset at our disposal. i have to say, the local, state, federal, military including the united states coast guard in particular, they have done a phenomenal job. so quick. so fast. it was mobilized immediately. the work is now shifting to a recovery mission. sadly, there are no survivors. this was a dark and excruciating night in our nations

transportation secretary, say, look, this was a clear night. so it doesn't look like there was any weather issues. the helicopter was in a standard flight pattern, as was the aircraft in a standard pattern. but then you see this horrific crash that has now confirmed to have left 64 people dead. when you consider that on the aircraft and three in the helicopter, what are your questions? what is your main question about what happened here? a rare mid-flight collision. >> well. >> first of all, my my thoughts. >> are with. >> the families. >> of the. >> passengers and. >> we are praying for these families that. >> they can. >> get through this very, very terrible. >> situation. secondly. >> as has been. >> mentioned. >> this is one of the the most tricky, trickiest airports to fly in and out of because of the vectoring that has to take place to avoid monuments and the white house and, and, and other other places that the, the where the airport is located and then complicated by the fact that, um, the involvement of an army helicopter um. obviously

the national transportation safety board set to brief in about 45 minutes' time after an american airlines regional jet had a black hawk military helicopter collide at about 9 o'clock last night, and plunged into the potomac river. everyone on board was lost. welcome back to the second hour of "america reports." i'm john roberts on the banks of the potomac river. give you an idea of where we are, west potomac park and west side of the d.c. river and a mile north of where the accident took place was right off haines point where the anticosti river and the potomac river come together and aircraft and you see some continuing to land when they fly north to south and fly a river route that is called because of restrictions and security. they fly a meandering path down, and when they get to gravelle point, they take a hard land and the other way, and it's a hard landing, runway 33, and go over joint base anticosti and take a significant left hand turn and coming shorthand final for the runway and that's where the helicopter and the regional jet track include met at 100 feet of height. sandra. >>

the department of transportation, government agency charged with regulating civil aviation. he runs it, 45,000 people, and he's run it into the ground with his diversity. so i have to say it is terrible. a group within the faa, another story determined the workforce was too white, they had concerted efforts to get the administration to change that and change that immediately. this was in the obama administration just prior to my getting there. we took care of african-americans, hispanic americans, we took care of everybody at levels nobody has ever seen before. it's one of the reasons i won. they came out with the directive, too white. we want people who are competent. now we mourn and pray and would like to ask american stormy in a moment of silence as we ask god to watch over those who lost their lives and bring comfort to loved ones. i want to say god bless everyone in this room. this has been a terrible short period of time. we will get to the bottom of it. we've also seen it many times, i've had the honor of hearing tapes, tapes that are scary, very scary tapes. you had

department of transportation. from the top down of the biden administration, was taking that problem very seriously. he also was incredibly hard on airlines and consumer protections. the big bottom line here is that there are so many vacancies in the federal government when it comes to aviation safety. there is no administrator of the faa right now. president trump has not put somebody forth for that. there is no administrator of the transportation security administration. the trump administration needs to put somebody forth for that as well. sean duffy is the transportation secretary. he spoke articulately. i will point out that i did not hear from ntsb chair jennifer homendy, who was in the press room. that is really significant, especially during something like this. it is a huge tragedy, and i do not use that word lightly. >> it is a huge tragedy. we still don't have the answers. as our kaitlan collins asked him, president trump, are you getting ahead of this investigation because we don't have those answers.

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transportation is one of the largest contributors to global emissions. the world needs a better way forward. at westport fuel systems, we're pioneering alternative fuel systems, enabling the world's engines to run cleaner and perform stronger. westport fuel systems. stuart: 11:00 eastern time. at any moment, president trump will deliver remarks on the deadly plane crash outside of dc. what we know so far, around 9:0n american airlines flight from wichita, kansas, collided with the u.s. army helicopter in midair, right near reagan national airport. 64 people on board the passenger jet, three soldiers on the black hawk. no one survived. rescue crews have been working around the clock to recover the victims. meanwhile, the reagan national airport set to reopen at this hour. we're going to bring you live updates and trump's remarks as soon as we get them. aviation analyst and i've asked other guests on the program the same question, why was black hawk helicopter so close to an active airport? >> morning, stuart. that's a normal corres core door them and it's

transportation secretary sean duffy, d.c.nelly, american airlines ceo, the washington metropolitan airport authority ceo, the united states senator mark warner, united states senator tim kaine, u.s. representative don buyer, as well as the chief of the metropolitan police department and we are joined by first responders from across the metropolitan washington region. i speak for all of us when i say come and certainly all washingtonians, how very sad we are for american airlines, for the united state department of defense, and for all americans for the loss of life that happened with the coalition of these aircraft. we know that includes families from across our region as well as in kansas and across the country. this morning, we all share a profound sense of grief. i do want to thank the first responders who acted quickly last night and ran toward danger , went into a very frigid river, and have worked throughout the night. chief donnelly reported last night that we have a strong mutual aid agreement in our region and those

all americans depend on the department of transportation to help ensure a safe and efficient transportation system. congressman duffy understands this. he is a five term congressman who reached across not just the aisle autocross chambers to bring home needed infrastructure to his district. to quote his home state senator, senator baldwin a democrat who spoke glowingly of congressman duffy, quote, sean is the right person for this job. i agree with senator baldwin. as a father of nine children congressman duffy told committee members that, quote, i think about transportation quite a bit and about transportation safety a lot. he understands what american families care about. making sure that when they get in their car or on a plane or with their families they know they will get to the destination safely. he embodies the, quote, revolution of common sense that president trump has called for. not only has congressman duffy earn the support of the entire commerce committee but there are over 60 stakeholders in support of his nomination. congressman duffy has received wide support from labor, fr

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that will generally transport vip's or senior army leadership. the pentagon very quickly knew that senior army officials were not on board. it was the crew to pilot and a crew chief. as you know, george, we see helicopters go up and down the potomac river frequently. but it is a very difficult area to fly in, especially at night. the waters were very dark last night, going up the river like that, they likely had night vision goggles on so they could see better at night. but sometimes that will distort things. >> george: it does get congested there as well. martha, you spent a lot of time in those blackhawks. you also spoke to a former pilot? >> reporter: i did. an army blackhawk pilot i spoke to last night, who spent his entire career in helicopters and has flown these routes frequently on training missions, and not training missions. he said it is difficult at night when you are there in the darkness. that you look and see the city. i was there last night. the city was lit up. the washington monument, the capitol, as you come down the river. tha

she's a former inspector general at the department of transportation. and captain dennis tager, a spokesperson for the allied pilots association, which represents the pilots of american airlines. an important note on this, given the horrific circumstances, this plane that went down is american owned but is a regional plane. the pilots involved are represented by a different union. thank you both for being here. mary. what do you see in this crash so far? what are your first questions about all this? i know you've been watching this from late last night as well. >> well, my first questions concern, of course. clearances. who was cleared to be in the airspace? and also my question centers around altitudes. what altitude was the helicopter supposed to be operating at? and then the third question is equipment. you know, the collision avoidance equipment was certainly on the aircraft. it's required by law. what equipment did the helicopter have? and if they had any equipment at all for collision avoidance, was it operable at the altitude that they were at wh

>> is it helpful. >> to have your secretary of transportation confirmed? does this intensify your interest in getting other nominees confirmed quickly as well? >> well, sure. >> we want fast confirmations. and the democrats, as you know, are doing everything they can to delay them. they've taken too long. we're we're struggling to get very good people that everybody knows are going to be confirmed, but we're struggling to get them out faster. we want them out faster. it's a good question actually. we we've been pushing sean. everyone knows sean for a long time. he got many, many democrat votes, but they want to take as long as they can. they ask questions like some of the questions that peter would ask that were totally irrelevant and not very good questions, but they want to just keep it going. they want to keep it going as long as possible. i was very honored, actually, that you got so many democrat votes. that was really good. that was really good. >> but now. >> you play. >> to win. i plan to meet. >> with the families. >> and the second question, is i

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i'm the chairwoman of the national transportation safety board. the national transportation safety board is an independent federal agency that is charged by congress with investigating every civil aviation accident and serious incident in the united states and significant events in other modes of transportation. i want to start by expressing our deepest condolences and sympathies on behalf of the entire for those who lost loved ones in this terrible tragedy. our thoughts, our prayers are with you, entire communities were effected. with me today is a senior aircraft accident investigator with the ntsb. he will serve as our investigator in charge of this investigation. also with me today is the entire board. we have member todd inman. todd is going to serve as the board member on the scene, the spokesperson for this investigation. all of the board members will be here. we have vice chairman alvin brown, member mike brandt who lived in wichita for 20 years, and we also have member tom chapman. the ntsb's headquarters is just a mile from here. and so,

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transportation secretary sean duffy. d.c.ire and ems chief john donnelly, american airlines ceo robert eisen. the washington metropolitan washington airport authority ceo jack carter. united states senator mark warner. united states senator tim kaine, u.s. representative don beyer as well as the chief of the metropolitan police department pamela smith, and we are joined by first responders from across the metropolitan washington region. i speak for all of us when i say, certainly all washingtonians how very sad we are for american airlines, for the united states department of defense, and for all americans for the loss of life that happened with the collision of these aircrafts we know that includes families from across our region as well as as in kansas and across the country we all share a profound sense of grief. i do want to thank the first responders who acted quickly last night, who ran towards danger, went into a very frigid river, and have worked throughout the night. chief donley reported last night's briefing that w

i'd like to ask our new secretary of transportation to say a few words, john duffey. it's not your fault and i know you agree with me strongly on intellect and psychological well-being. such an important decision and i can't emphasize any stronger. when i first ran, i changed it and we had to have the highest standards he could have and they changed it back. that was biden, i read it to you. that was one of your papers. i changed it back a few days ago. unfortunately, we will see the people should have been able to see what time you stop so it is a tragedy that should not have happened. >> i would note the president's leadership has been remarkable. we had a whole of government response. when you see that kind of operation it begins with leadership so thank you for that. you've made our jobs a lot easier. we can only accept the best and brightest positions of safety that impact the lives of our loved ones important points, that is the motto of your presidency of the most intelligent of this base. i want to analysis. we commit them you're going to get to the bottom of

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