the transportation safety administration has made a habit of destroying the careers and lives of air marshals who choose to blow the whistle on waste fraud mismanagement and abuse so the question remains who is looking out for the people who look out for the rest of us. understands that we just have to put all of our trust and faith in those people they know better the government always knows better the government doesn't mistreat any of its employees there they're happy all the time and they're never stressed and they never do 'd anything wrong ever how patriotic it is isn't it but that's the mentality they try to sell you like don't whistle whistle blow was for the air marshals there are super human rights i mean well here give you the t.s.a. is nice but i just responded to the report saying that quote but no one heard marginals ams are a critical and successful part of d. as a layered approach to transportation security the health and welfare of every man and woman who serves in the fams as t.s.a. is highest priority t.s.a. and federal air marshal leadership take care of every fed

administrator new jersey motor vehicle of the commission . ms. kristin poland. dr. poland is the deputy director of the office of highway safety of the national transportation safety board (ntsb) and ms. and farrow, the president and ceo the american association of automotive vehicle administrative. matthew condon, of the local, norristown, savannah. , pennsylvania. try to give your testimony within five minutes or your opening statements rather than five minutes. i would like to welcome or ask who to speak, mr. mclean, is speaking for the national conference of state legislatures. >> turn your microphone. >> thank you very much. chairman holmes norton, distinguished members, mina ms. andrew mclean, i am cochair of the national conference of state legislatures, national resources and if her structure committee. ip for you today on behalf of an csl, a bipartisan organization represent a 50 slate -- state legislatures and represented us of our states, commonwealth let fletcher's and district of club you. every school day more than 25 million children climb into 485 million buses that take them to and from school related activities. thankfully, school buses are statistical

administrator new jersey motor vehicle of the commission also, ms. kristin poland. dr. poland is the deputy director of the office of highway safety of the national transportation safety board . and ms. ann farrow, the president and ceo the american association of automotive vehicle administrators. mr. matthew condon, north town, pennsylvania. and cold. cough i welcome all of you, and we will proceed left to right. try to give your testimony within five minutes or your opening statements rather than five minutes. i would like to welcome or ask first to speak, mr. mclean, who is speaking for the national conference of state legislatures. you may proceed. turn on your microphone. >> thank you very much. chairman holmes norton, ranking member davis, and distinguished members, my name is andrew mclean, i am cochair of the national conference of state legislatures, national resources and infrastructure committee. i appear for you today representing 50 state legislators. every school day more than 25 million children climb into 485 ,000 buses across the country that take them to and from school related activities. thankfully, school buses are statistically the safest way to trans

administrator new jersey motor vehicle of the -- vehicle commission. also ms. kristin poland. dr. poland is the deputy director of the office of highway safety of the national transportation safety board (ntsb) and ms. and farrow, the farrow, the president and ceo the american association of automotive vehicle administrators. forgive my coughing cold. welcome, all of you. we will proceed left to right. try to give your testimony within five minutes or your opening statements rather than -- or your opening statements rather in five minutes. i would like to welcome or ask first to speak, mr. mclean, who is speaking for the national conference of state legislatures. turn on your microphone. >> thank you very much. chairman holmes norton, distinguished members, mina ms. -- my name is andrew mclean. i am cochair of the national conference of state legislatures, national resources and infrastructure committee. i appear for you today on behalf of an csl, a bipartisan organization represent a 50 state legislatures and represented us of our states, representative of our states. 61 children who were schoolbus occupants died in crashes between 2008 and 2017. this is 61 children too

transportation safety boa rd said stop in the national transportation safety board said the crews in both fatal boeing crashes didn't react in the ways the company and the federal aviation administrationoeing did not look at all potential flight alerts pilots might face all potential flight alerts pilots mightface in all potential flight alerts pilots might face in a system failure such as this. all 737 maxs have been grounded since an ethiopian airlines plane crashed shortly after takeoff in march, killing 157 people. it followed a lion air crash of another 737 max, which killed 189 people last year. in both accidents, investigators have focused on the role played by a software system was designed to make the aircraft easier to fly. the plains will remain grounded until aviation authorities around the world deem them safe to fly. let's turn to the us—china trade war, and talks between the two sides look like they are back on for next month. shara njit leyl is following the story. sharanjit, we thought this may happen but i think we now have a date? we do. essentially it is still media reports citing sources close to those talks, suggesting that washington and beijing are preparing fo

the national transportation safety board has said the crews in both fatal boeing crashes didn't react in the ways the company and the federal aviation administrationidn't look at all potential flight deck alerts the pilots might face in a system failure such as this. all 737 maxs have been grounded since an ethiopian airlines plane crashed shortly after take—off in march, killing 157 people. it followed a lion air crash of another 737 max which killed 189 people last year. in both accidents, investigators have focused on the role played by a software system, which was designed to make the aircraft easier to fly. the planes will remain grounded until aviation authorities around the world deem them to be safe to fly. joining us is justin urquhart—stewart, director of seven investment management. hello. how are you? absolutely chipper, thank you. lets talk trade, china's trade shenanigans go on decades through many presidents but do we have white smoke, do we have a new date and hope that maybe they thought might come good at some point, may be next month?” thought might come good at some point, may be next month? i love your optimism! it is a friday

transportation safety board criticized your company's role in the accident and they reinstated this and we were flying missions again within 5 days of that incident gray needed a very good job bush administration that's got nothing to do with the culpability that your company had for the deaths of those u.s. soldiers they didn't die at the hands of the taliban they died at the hands of blackwater they died at the hands of an accident made by a pilot flying in a very difficult area i mean blackwater executives were e-mailing each other at the time the e-mail came out said by necessity the initial group hired to support the afghanistan operation did not meet the criteria identified in e-mail traffic and had some background and experience shortfalls overlooked in favor of getting the requisite number of personnel on board. old to start up the contract you're saying internally your own company's admitting to each other he's got his own experience but i need to get the contract up and running is this what you want to replicate in afghanistan now the pilots flying the mission that day had come from alaska they or they were literally high country bush policies are not people that are flying in the ov

transportation security administration's, aviation security advisory committee, as a co-chair of international aviation security committee, prior to this, kept in the pick served as the first of vice president and national safety coordinator, and as the second vice president fedex, express master executive chairman, and local executive chairman, kept in the pick is a graduate of st. john's university, and got a star aviation flying the casey 1:30, while serving as a captain of the u.s. marine corps. our fourth witness, if mr. trash gilbert, there's a gilbert conserved as the executive vice president of the national air traffic controller association, prior to serving in this role, this gilbert served for 21 years as an air traffic or controller, at the houston traffic control center, at george bush intercontinental dental airport. she served many road within the air controlling unit, including serving represent a, southwest rating share, of national committee, and chair of the national legislative committee. although originally from oregon, miss gilbert found her way to my hometown for a college, she's a graduate eight of the university of houston. our fifth and final witness is miss pink, artemis pinkett in e

resources and expertise the transportation security administration pipeline security program and they look forward to hearing from you we about how we can address the safety gaps is as i've said before tse continues to devote scant attention to these matters we must look at other options to keep our pipe secured so again i think are witnesses for being here today to discuss this security issue and with that mr. chairman if someone else wants to talk i yield back. >> the chair now recognizes the ranking member of the committee for an opening statement. >> good morning mr. chairman and i'm glad that the witnesses here a reliable supply of electricity is an essential partner thing we do in this week bender dentzer previous briefings in today's highly interconnected and digital world in threat of cyber attack and the reliability of electricity is ever-present and growing. one of our responsibility on the energy and commerce committee is to review and where necessary revise policies that concerns the reliable flow of energy in this as part of his committees jurisdiction and something we take seriously no matter which party is in the majority. this morning's he

transportation safety board criticised your company its role in the accident and they reinstated this and we were flying missions again within 5 days of that incident gray needed a very good job bush administration that's got nothing to do with the culpability that your company had for the deaths of those u.s. soldiers they didn't die at the hands of the taliban they died at the hands of blackwater they died at the hands of an accident made by a pilot flying in a very difficult area i mean blackwater executives were e-mailing each other at the time the e-mail came out said by necessity the initial group hired to support the afghanistan operation did not meet the criteria identified in e-mail traffic and had some background and experience shortfalls overlooked in favor of getting the requisite number of personnel on. told to start up the contract you're saying internally your own company's admitting to each other these guys on experience but need to get the contract up and running is this what you want to replicate in afghanistan now the pilots flying the mission that day had come from alaska they or they were literally high country bush policies are not people that are flying in the over the swa

transportation security administration's pipeline security program. i look forward to hearing from doe about possible ways this he could help address these safety gaps. as i've said before, if tsa continues to devote scant resources or attention to these matters we must look at other options to keep our pipes secure. thank our witnesses for being here today as we discuss this critical security issue. with that, mr. chairman, unless someone else wants to talk, i yield back. >> the gentleman yields back. the chairman now recognizes the ranking member of the full committee for the purposes of an opening statement. >> good morning, mr. chairman. >> good morning. >> delighted to have the witnesses here and have this hearing. by am i measure the reliable supply of electricity is an essential part of anything we do. in today's highly interconnected and digital world the threat of cyber attacks, the reliability of electricity is ever present and it's growing. one of our responsibilities on the energy and commerce committee is to review and where necessary revise laws and policies that concern the reliable delivery of energy. this is part of the committee's b

transportation safety board criticized your company's role in the accident and they reinstated this and we were flying missions again within 5 days of that incident gray needed a very good job bush administration that's got nothing to do with the culpability that your company had for the deaths of those u.s. soldiers they didn't die at the hands of the taliban they died at the hands of blackwater they died at the hands of an accident made by a pilot flying in a very difficult area i mean blackwater executives were e-mailing each other at the time the e-mail came out said by necessity the initial group hired to support the afghanistan operation did not meet the criteria identified in e-mail traffic and had some background and experience shortfalls overlooked in favor of getting the requisite number of personnel on. told to start up the contract you're saying internally your own company's admitting to each other these guys on experience but need to get the contract up and running is this what you want to replicate in afghanistan now the pilots flying the mission that day had come from alaska they or they were literally high country bush policies are not people that are flying in the over the swa

transportation to use some money already appropriated for grants combating distracted driving to new grants for the same purpose but which would be easier to qualify for. to what extent does the national highway traffic safety administration see distracted driving especially from cellphone use affecting the safety of school buses? >> so the ntsb has commonly looked at distraction and, in fact, this has been an item on our most wanted list for many years. distraction can come from a variety of different forms and we focused on distraction for school bus drivers. of course, in all of the discussions you're hearing today we think that oversight of the drivers is critical and that's dealing with the actions of the driver, including medical fitness and some of the many other aspects, but also there's technological solutions if there is distraction involved that we can mitigate the effects of a crash before they happen or even make that crash less vulnerable to the occupants inside. >> as you look at the data just crashes over -- i mean, take your time period. has there been a consistent primary factor that has contributed to school bus crashes over the last several years or is each case just unique such that you can't establis