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an amtrak train... and go basically wherever amtrak goes in the u.s. >> oh, i love it. nothing like seeing the country by rail. what does it cost? >> amtrak charges just under $3 per mile to go from a to b. >> how many of these are there? >> there are probably between 100 and 300 of these private railcars in different conditions in the united states. the people that do it, by and large, are passionate about railroad history and passionate about the history of the individual railcar that they own. >> such turnkey cars typically sell for $300,000 to $400,000, and they don't have the cool houston history that robert's has. so the equipment appraiser is eager to kick the steel wheels on this strange inheritance. there she is. >> yeah, it's incredible. you've got pin-striping. got a great railing here. this car seems very unique. to have a car that is a wooden construction like this on a steel frame, really, it's pretty much one of a kind. but, um... >> uh-oh! >> when you originally contacted me, i knew it was a private railcar, so i thought, "maybe this is one of the privat
an amtrak train... and go basically wherever amtrak goes in the u.s. >> oh, i love it. nothing like seeing the country by rail. what does it cost? >> amtrak charges just under $3 per mile to go from a to b. >> how many of these are there? >> there are probably between 100 and 300 of these private railcars in different conditions in the united states. the people that do it, by and large, are passionate about railroad history and passionate about the history of the...
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amtrak transit and our commuter rail agencies are facing in norma's financial shortfalls. they are being asked to work miracles with the resources they are given in the best of times and now have faced the in norma's challenge of sharp drops in revenue. i had the opportunity to meet with the leaders of amtrak and hear about their needs and they underscored the importance of mask orders, the fantastic work their employees have been doing at work and adhering to compliance with those mask requirements on the part of the traveling public. we need to support them. we need to make sure as much as possible that we do not put these employees in the position of having to ask or remind, although they are prepared to ask and remind when necessary, but let's make it easier for the people who are making it easier for all of us to get around this country and get through our day. they also have offered thoughts on what it will take to keep their systems running, recognizing the absolutely critical need to provide the funding for modernizing their systems building our economy back, bette
amtrak transit and our commuter rail agencies are facing in norma's financial shortfalls. they are being asked to work miracles with the resources they are given in the best of times and now have faced the in norma's challenge of sharp drops in revenue. i had the opportunity to meet with the leaders of amtrak and hear about their needs and they underscored the importance of mask orders, the fantastic work their employees have been doing at work and adhering to compliance with those mask...
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we also have to do more to help amtrak. the revenues of ridership dropped 97% compared to the 2019 riderships. amtrak has been forced to furlough over 2,000 employees. it has had to cut essential service on long distance and state routes. trust me, my colleague from montana, senator tester and senator daines, have brought these issues up. without additional relief, essential services will be cut further and i can tell you in montana where people go to see glacier park and the wonders of that great state, having this essential service is key. so we don't want to do more damage to the economy as we continue to deal with the pandemic by underinvesting in the infrastructure that has to keep operating to help our economy. so i'm going to continue to work with our colleague senator wicker in his efforts on amtrak and continuing to move forward. and also i know that the -- also the impact of transportation on the state budgets that we have seen. in the state of washington, for example, there's a whole list of projects that are now
we also have to do more to help amtrak. the revenues of ridership dropped 97% compared to the 2019 riderships. amtrak has been forced to furlough over 2,000 employees. it has had to cut essential service on long distance and state routes. trust me, my colleague from montana, senator tester and senator daines, have brought these issues up. without additional relief, essential services will be cut further and i can tell you in montana where people go to see glacier park and the wonders of that...
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please come back william flynn, ceo of amtrak thank you. >>> now for our "etf spotlight." we are taking a closer look at the consumer names under xly under a bit of pressure today, around 30% up over the past 12 months one of the names that are outperforming today, look at royal caribbean, up 7%, posting a $1 billion loss for the fourth quarter, but it did point to stronger booking trends for 2022 the cruise industry trying to get back to sea. they haven't seen any guidance from the biden administration but the hope is that it will be sooner rather than later i will be speaking with royal caribbean's ceo richardard fain in a cnbc exclusive at 1:00 p.m. eastern today. resqwkn e re" straight ahead a cnbc exclusive eastern today. more "squawk on the street" straight ahead pbeat music) ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ (kids talking) pnc bank believes that if an app can help you track your pizza... come on cody, where are you buddy? ...then your bank should have the technology to help you track your spending. virtual wallet® for digital banking. one way we're helping to
please come back william flynn, ceo of amtrak thank you. >>> now for our "etf spotlight." we are taking a closer look at the consumer names under xly under a bit of pressure today, around 30% up over the past 12 months one of the names that are outperforming today, look at royal caribbean, up 7%, posting a $1 billion loss for the fourth quarter, but it did point to stronger booking trends for 2022 the cruise industry trying to get back to sea. they haven't seen any guidance...
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i'm looking at the amtrak route. joe biden said he took the amtrak train from wilmington delaware to washington, d.c. for 40 years. that track goes right past baltimore. so joe biden must have seen with his own eyes how the city of baltimore decayed. he had to see what happened to the city of baltimore the last several decades. what is the solution? it's sitting there right next to washington, d.c. what would president mike rowe do about this? >> funny you should ask. that's my hometown. i grew up in baltimore, i live not far from the amtrak station. my dad worked sat sparrow's point. there is a big muscular hard working town. i think it's a frog in boiling water. the temperature went up slow overral number of years and a lot of things have gone off the rails in that town. i'm not an economist. rent control, all these things that drip with unintended consequences. all these policies. it does strike me right now that people on the left on people on the trite, we by and large d people on the right, and we want to live
i'm looking at the amtrak route. joe biden said he took the amtrak train from wilmington delaware to washington, d.c. for 40 years. that track goes right past baltimore. so joe biden must have seen with his own eyes how the city of baltimore decayed. he had to see what happened to the city of baltimore the last several decades. what is the solution? it's sitting there right next to washington, d.c. what would president mike rowe do about this? >> funny you should ask. that's my hometown....
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we have to remain focused on amtrak and amtrak services because they are communities already that are suffering economically because they no longer have service. literally we have to keep america moving. so the commerce committee is going to chicken -- continue to negotiate on these issues with all of our colleagues to move the economy forward and continue to invest time and energy in the next package, as my colleague from epw mentioned. there's so much to do on the next proposal. this last year has been nonstop, and there been many things that have faced us as we have negotiated, sometimes losing track of day and time, but we continue to negotiate. this week be no different. now i would like to turn it over to my colleague, senator menendez. >> thank you. we have taken the majority leader's request seriously to work on covid-19 and related issues during the course of this impeachment trial. for as long as covid-19 is anywhere, it can spread everywhere directly threatening , the national security and our economy and the health and safety of the american people. that is why, as the for
we have to remain focused on amtrak and amtrak services because they are communities already that are suffering economically because they no longer have service. literally we have to keep america moving. so the commerce committee is going to chicken -- continue to negotiate on these issues with all of our colleagues to move the economy forward and continue to invest time and energy in the next package, as my colleague from epw mentioned. there's so much to do on the next proposal. this last...
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well since the pandemic, amtrak has been crushed. and president biden a deveaotee and seema mody with more of what he said. >> well, amtrak joe once commuted 110 miles each way as a senator from delaware to washington, d.c., and now amtrak is now hoping that biden's own experience with the trainer is vis will help it get the funding it needs to avoid job cutts. it is burning $215 million a month and not anticipating a recovery until 2024. the president says he is in dialogue with white house and congress for additional funding and to repair america's aging infrastructure, and gardener says that repairing tunnels and bridges is not only critical to high speed service, but to attracting younger travelers. >> some the equipment is as old as i am or older, and it is time for it to be retired and replaced with a modern generation of the passenger equipment that really can attract a new generation of rail travelers. >> and recently confirmed transportation secretary pete buttigieg says that bringing fast trains to the u.s. is a priority of
well since the pandemic, amtrak has been crushed. and president biden a deveaotee and seema mody with more of what he said. >> well, amtrak joe once commuted 110 miles each way as a senator from delaware to washington, d.c., and now amtrak is now hoping that biden's own experience with the trainer is vis will help it get the funding it needs to avoid job cutts. it is burning $215 million a month and not anticipating a recovery until 2024. the president says he is in dialogue with white...
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you know, amtrak has done a heroic job with the constraints that have been placed on them. now we've got to take things to the next level. you know, you look at whatnot just famously, you know, let's say our fellow counterparts in japan get to enjoy. u.k. and turkey, i want the u.s. to be leading the world when it comes to access to high speed rail and i think we have a real opportunity to do that especially with the bipartisan opportunities before us this year. >> it felt bipartisan at some point. we had infrastructure week during the previous administration. republicans talk a good game saying they want it, too. it creates jobs and opportunities at this. they keep hedging because they want it to be privately owned. that was the rick scott issue. they didn't like the idea of the public investing in high speed rail. they wanted it private companies. how do you break that log jam? if you can answer that, how do you ensure we don't get another overtown. >> that piece is especially important. today is transportation equity day because it's the birthday of rosa parks. the examp
you know, amtrak has done a heroic job with the constraints that have been placed on them. now we've got to take things to the next level. you know, you look at whatnot just famously, you know, let's say our fellow counterparts in japan get to enjoy. u.k. and turkey, i want the u.s. to be leading the world when it comes to access to high speed rail and i think we have a real opportunity to do that especially with the bipartisan opportunities before us this year. >> it felt bipartisan at...
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travel by amtrak frequently. before this pandemic, amtrak carried a record 32 million passengers just two years ago. but just like the airlines that when the pandemic hit lost the vast majority of their passengers, so, too, did amtrak and commuter rail all over our country. it's been a key piece of our society, our competitiveness, our interconnectedness for over a century, and there are millions who depend on it as their way to commute up and down the east coast corridor in particular. my office recently heard from ken potts, the delaware representative on the rail passengers' association about the urgent need for funding. frankly, this is a warning notice. for those of you who don't realize that i-95 right as it goes through wilmington, delaware, is about to be shut down for most of the next two years on a generational repair project. there's going to be 100,000 people deterred off of the highway, hopefully onto rail, but only if it can keep running. there is 1,200 furloughed amtrak employees on the east coast
travel by amtrak frequently. before this pandemic, amtrak carried a record 32 million passengers just two years ago. but just like the airlines that when the pandemic hit lost the vast majority of their passengers, so, too, did amtrak and commuter rail all over our country. it's been a key piece of our society, our competitiveness, our interconnectedness for over a century, and there are millions who depend on it as their way to commute up and down the east coast corridor in particular. my...
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i would pull the plug on the 1.5 billion for amtrak. you want to get amtrak back on track? privatize it. the trains are filthy though inappropriate amount of sugar lumps will fix a bog down bureaucracy. idioms that can be used diversely applied. it is obvious there is no reason or strength in congress and more. they should've started with what is truly necessary instead of reaching their sticky hand into her overburdened satchels to essentially steal in the name of relief that has almost nothing to do with covid. and that is the memo. fortunately there are some republican starting to push back on biden scolded spend the phone, watch this. >> less than 10% of the money in this massive $1.9 trillion bill is for health related items. the cornerstone of this is wasteful spending gets pork and buying off members of congress just to they can get their liberal which list using coronavirus pandemic as an excuse. the democrats are using this as achish cow. they are going to keep printing money until they solve their problem. kennedy: there just creating more problems. will there be
i would pull the plug on the 1.5 billion for amtrak. you want to get amtrak back on track? privatize it. the trains are filthy though inappropriate amount of sugar lumps will fix a bog down bureaucracy. idioms that can be used diversely applied. it is obvious there is no reason or strength in congress and more. they should've started with what is truly necessary instead of reaching their sticky hand into her overburdened satchels to essentially steal in the name of relief that has almost...
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on page 347, it fast tracks $1.5 billion to amtrak. now, amtrak has $1.5 billion from the last package they haven't even spent. on page 306, it gives federal employees up to an extra $21,000 to help cope with virtual schooling. let me read that so every american understands. if you are a federal employee, you get an extra $21,000 to cope with virtual schooling. a lot of federal employees are going to vote for this bill tonight. but if you're one of the millions of parents outside of washington, outside of the swamp, who are struggling through school closures, including the one million mothers who had to quit their jobs to take care of their kids at home with school and the fathers that quit, you are ignored. and on page 358 it funnels -- well, earlier it funneled less, just a little over 100 million, but last night -- $100 million, but last night the rules committee was able to add more, up to $140 million for a subway tunnel near speaker pelosi's district. when you add it all up, the size of this payoff is jaw-dropping. $1.9 trillion
on page 347, it fast tracks $1.5 billion to amtrak. now, amtrak has $1.5 billion from the last package they haven't even spent. on page 306, it gives federal employees up to an extra $21,000 to help cope with virtual schooling. let me read that so every american understands. if you are a federal employee, you get an extra $21,000 to cope with virtual schooling. a lot of federal employees are going to vote for this bill tonight. but if you're one of the millions of parents outside of washington,...
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amtrak's getting millions. everywhere you look many of these institutions have money that goes unspent, yet more is being sent to them. meanwhile, want to tell you about another big story this morning, and it is truly a big story. i think many can ask how is the migrant problem all of a sudden exploding under joe biden. it seems republicans are giving it undue attention. no, it is truly an exploding problem that's become acute in the past couple of months. first of all, border patrol has seen this problem increase, and they are now moving border patrol agents from the canadian border down to the southern border to deal with this growing problem. here's a quote from the health and human services official who was speaking to axios. we're seeing the highest february numbers that we've ever seen in the history of the unaccompanied alien child program. it's not only booming, it is particular. it is about unaccompanied minors making their way to our border. just take a look at the numbers quickly, guys. this is may 2
amtrak's getting millions. everywhere you look many of these institutions have money that goes unspent, yet more is being sent to them. meanwhile, want to tell you about another big story this morning, and it is truly a big story. i think many can ask how is the migrant problem all of a sudden exploding under joe biden. it seems republicans are giving it undue attention. no, it is truly an exploding problem that's become acute in the past couple of months. first of all, border patrol has seen...
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. >> dana: there is 1.5 billion for the amtrak bail-out. a perennial. it should be every february we have to bail them out. >> money for the post office. >> dana: 70% approval rating across the country for this bill. are republicans on the right side of this thing politically? they're trying to make this argument the bill is too big but a lot of democrats pointing out to republicans you didn't care about spending for the last several years. >> first of all, two wrongs don't make a right when it comes to oh, you spent money, therefore we should be able to spend money. second of all look, we should not be writing bills based on polls. we ought to be writing bills based upon real need. every single dollar of this $1.9 trillion will be borrowed. it is our kids and grandkids who have to pay it back with interest. being stupid in our spending today and throwing money out the window on unnecessary things is going to be a real effect on our kids and grandkids. also i would make this point. don't count on it being popular. in february and march and april of 2009
. >> dana: there is 1.5 billion for the amtrak bail-out. a perennial. it should be every february we have to bail them out. >> money for the post office. >> dana: 70% approval rating across the country for this bill. are republicans on the right side of this thing politically? they're trying to make this argument the bill is too big but a lot of democrats pointing out to republicans you didn't care about spending for the last several years. >> first of all, two wrongs...
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calling the bill the pelosi payoff, health care subsidies for undocumented immigrants, $1.5 million to amtrak. take a listen. >> look what happened this morning at two a.m. nancy pelosi put about a $2 trillion bill in. there was a vote on the floor the, she put a tunnel in silicon valley that has nothing to do with covid into the bill. back to work, back to school, back to health, pelosi wants to put more tunnels, more waste, and the democrats voted for it. gillian: lisa, i'm going to come to you first. if it was your bill, right, and you had to choose one line item in it that you could pull out no questions asked, what would you choose? >> well, i would focus on the money directed towards people who need it who have been without a job because of liberal policies. and as kristi noem had said at cpac, it's not coronavirus that shut down the economy in so many states and cities, it's democrats, it's government. government is what shut down economies that denied people the ability to open up shop, to earn a living for themselves. so now we're stuck in this mess. and what do democrats do? when yo
calling the bill the pelosi payoff, health care subsidies for undocumented immigrants, $1.5 million to amtrak. take a listen. >> look what happened this morning at two a.m. nancy pelosi put about a $2 trillion bill in. there was a vote on the floor the, she put a tunnel in silicon valley that has nothing to do with covid into the bill. back to work, back to school, back to health, pelosi wants to put more tunnels, more waste, and the democrats voted for it. gillian: lisa, i'm going to...
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and an update moments ago, amtrak is announcing suspended service from new york city to boston and albany, new york. with me now, cnn meteorologist tom sater. tom, it's a lot of snow, in a lot of places. who gets the worst of it? what are the biggest concerns? >> well, there's a lot of concerns right now still, brooke. the storm is still developing. it's still intensifying. it's a massive storm. it's pretty. i'm sure it's beautiful where you are. it's always beautiful until someone loses power and then that beauty vanishes. so far, so good on that front. take a look at the radar. this is such a massive storm. if you start at the edge of your screen to the left, chicago, greatest snow in suction years, milwaukee got a foot. we had snow, i did here, in north georgia. winds here are howling. wrap-around snow columbus, cleveland, even in detroit. washington, d.c. had their heaviest snow fall in two years. they could see a dusting to an inch. this is where it gets dangerous now. well over a foot of snow for several states. areas of maryland, west virginia, pennsylvania, new jersey, new york, u
and an update moments ago, amtrak is announcing suspended service from new york city to boston and albany, new york. with me now, cnn meteorologist tom sater. tom, it's a lot of snow, in a lot of places. who gets the worst of it? what are the biggest concerns? >> well, there's a lot of concerns right now still, brooke. the storm is still developing. it's still intensifying. it's a massive storm. it's pretty. i'm sure it's beautiful where you are. it's always beautiful until someone loses...
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why is amtrak getting $1.5 billion? they haven't even spent the $1 billion from the previous aid packages? why are $4 billion being spent on education funding from $68 billion already allocated to? why is it that, you know, money is, you know, this wage mandate and redistribution, why is so much of it not spent until 2022? or 2024? >> if you ever realize that your vote matters, exactly you are seeing in this bill. because the democrats have taken over now, this is what happens. $100 million for a ton of outside of nancy pelosi's district. millions of dollars for a bridge that chuck schumer wants. not for a covid the bill. this is not a transportation bill. now that we are finding they are putting more money and for education, but they passed $68 million for education and we spent $4 billion of it. the money doesn't even come into another year going forward. it does nothing to help moving forward. it is what the democrats always want to do, spend more money from hardworking taxpayer. but you know, they were democrats on
why is amtrak getting $1.5 billion? they haven't even spent the $1 billion from the previous aid packages? why are $4 billion being spent on education funding from $68 billion already allocated to? why is it that, you know, money is, you know, this wage mandate and redistribution, why is so much of it not spent until 2022? or 2024? >> if you ever realize that your vote matters, exactly you are seeing in this bill. because the democrats have taken over now, this is what happens. $100...
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as the senator who rides the train to the capitol, president-elect joe biden will no longer take the amtrak to washington next week to be sworn in. however, to make up for it, justice roberts will be wearing a conductors hat, and utter the phrase, "next stop, potus junction. all aboard! toot-toot." ( evie laughing ) it's no surprise that people in the president's inner circle are attempting to distance themselves from the poisonous potus, including political power pair jared and ivanka, seen here after being summoned by a haunted music box. ( evie laughing ) the president is apparently angry at ivanka and jared over their plan to attend president- elect joe biden's inauguration. the president is angry with ivanka? it's probably not that serious. it's just a "he wishes they were lovers" quarrel. but the president's anger worked, because soon after his hissy fit, ivanka changed her tune and is now not expected to attend. why was she going to attend? well, there's a chance that jar-vanka might've been trying to get an invite to an exclusive country club in their new neighborhood, because they
as the senator who rides the train to the capitol, president-elect joe biden will no longer take the amtrak to washington next week to be sworn in. however, to make up for it, justice roberts will be wearing a conductors hat, and utter the phrase, "next stop, potus junction. all aboard! toot-toot." ( evie laughing ) it's no surprise that people in the president's inner circle are attempting to distance themselves from the poisonous potus, including political power pair jared and...
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on page 347, it fast tracks $1.5 billion to amtrak. now, amtrak has $1.5 billion from the last package they haven't even spent. on page 306, it gives federal employees up to an extra $21,000 to help cope with virtual schooling. let me read that so every american understands. if you are a federal employee, you get an extra $21,000 to cope with virtual schooling. a lot of federal employees are going to vote for this bill tonight. but if you're one of the millions of parents outside of washington, outside of the swamp, who are struggling through school closures, including the one million mothers who had to quit their jobs to take care of their kids at home with school and the fathers that quit, you are ignored. and on page 358 it funnels -- well, earlier it funneled less, just a little over 100 million, but last night -- $100 million, but last night the rules committee was able to add more, up to $140 million for a subway tunnel near speaker pelosi's district. when you add it all up, the size of this payoff is jaw-dropping. $1.9 trillion
on page 347, it fast tracks $1.5 billion to amtrak. now, amtrak has $1.5 billion from the last package they haven't even spent. on page 306, it gives federal employees up to an extra $21,000 to help cope with virtual schooling. let me read that so every american understands. if you are a federal employee, you get an extra $21,000 to cope with virtual schooling. a lot of federal employees are going to vote for this bill tonight. but if you're one of the millions of parents outside of washington,...
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nominated, and i think -- i think we both want to work on roads and bridges and the passenger rail and amtrak, and getting that done and paid for in a way that -- that we've done in a bipartisan manner in states like indiana and tennessee and alabama. >> you mentioned impeachment. i want to get to that, but on the covid relief bill, you said back in december, more stimulus would be needed if the job situation doesn't improve. it hasn't improved. more than 200,000 jobs lost in december. only 49,000 jobs gained in february. isn't action still necessary? >> well, i think republicans are -- are willing to spend between $600 billion and $700 billion more. you know, on five occasions in 2020, republicans in the senate, democrats in the house came together with the administration and passed five covid relief packages. they were all done not only on a bipartisan basis, but with near unanimous support with the house and senate. only this year after the president began his administration with a very hopeful speech about bipartisanship and unity, only this year have we somehow gotten to a point where th
nominated, and i think -- i think we both want to work on roads and bridges and the passenger rail and amtrak, and getting that done and paid for in a way that -- that we've done in a bipartisan manner in states like indiana and tennessee and alabama. >> you mentioned impeachment. i want to get to that, but on the covid relief bill, you said back in december, more stimulus would be needed if the job situation doesn't improve. it hasn't improved. more than 200,000 jobs lost in december....
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the package provides $1.5 billion to sustain amtrak and would have them restore daily long distance service and bring back those workers who have been furloughed. there's also -- there's a bizarre railroad retirement program, and tare not eligible for regular unemployment, so they would not be eligible under this bill without a provision here which would give them the safe unemployment benefits as other americans for the next 24 weeks. $8 billion in emergency aid to primary and nonprimary airports across the country. 800 million to consegs, first direct allocation to concessions. some airports have been good in giving relation and sharing concessions. others not so much, so this is very necessary. and 80% of that will go to small business concessions including a lot of minority owned business enterprises. a new program that's modelled after the psp program for the airlines arguably the most successful scandal-free program unlike ppp and others that have had a lot of problems. the airlines can't touch the puny, we use them as an efficient unemployment agency unlike my state which has a total
the package provides $1.5 billion to sustain amtrak and would have them restore daily long distance service and bring back those workers who have been furloughed. there's also -- there's a bizarre railroad retirement program, and tare not eligible for regular unemployment, so they would not be eligible under this bill without a provision here which would give them the safe unemployment benefits as other americans for the next 24 weeks. $8 billion in emergency aid to primary and nonprimary...
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if it's necessary aviation then i guess i would have to worry about interstate trucking and buses, amtrak and people get in their automobiles and cross state lines i hope we have some discussion here today also. with that i recognize the ranking member for his opening remarks. >> they determine i appreciate our witnesses being here today to testify about the impact of the covid pandemic and what impact it's having on transportation workers and how continue with the safety recovery. the pandemic has ravaged our country since the first case was reported in january 2020, many workers cannot work virtually like we are today and continue to show up in person to perform the essential services that we rely upon notably this includes our front line transportation workers to make sure our grocery store shelves are stocked and safely transport people across the country and ensure our front-line workers can get to their jobs to help serve the public and just like the overall economy different sectors of the transportation economy have been affected or impacted in different ways by the coronavirus, s
if it's necessary aviation then i guess i would have to worry about interstate trucking and buses, amtrak and people get in their automobiles and cross state lines i hope we have some discussion here today also. with that i recognize the ranking member for his opening remarks. >> they determine i appreciate our witnesses being here today to testify about the impact of the covid pandemic and what impact it's having on transportation workers and how continue with the safety recovery. the...
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i remember back when i was responding to 9/11 and the amtrak events, we had to go to the library across the street to use a fax machine, and that was challenging. the second is the literacy. the general population needs to at least be aware of these issues. i want to be sure i can walk around and not be worried about how a pathogen adversely affects me. and finally it's about opportunities at the private sector, local and state. it really is recognizing that this is an iceberg moment of a larger trend and i tell people the great news is, the challenging news is it's being democratized. where there's cyber or bio, the shocks that will occur within this. >> david has frozen, so we will wait for him to come back. chris, is there anything you wanted to add? >> think he's exactly right, zooming out a little bit, into the framework that frank provided in his paper, where he's talking about the strategic framework for critical infrastructure. i think that's exactly right, and the three things that david highlighted their was specific to the pandemic response which are what are we going to do i
i remember back when i was responding to 9/11 and the amtrak events, we had to go to the library across the street to use a fax machine, and that was challenging. the second is the literacy. the general population needs to at least be aware of these issues. i want to be sure i can walk around and not be worried about how a pathogen adversely affects me. and finally it's about opportunities at the private sector, local and state. it really is recognizing that this is an iceberg moment of a...
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the $1.5 billion for amtrak to recall and pay employees who were furloughed due to the pandemic. $8 billion for airports heavily focused on retaining work force and combatting the spread of path generals and recovering costs related to personnel. $3 billion for the creation after temporary payroll support program to retain or rehire workers in the aerospace manufacturing industry. finally $3 billion for the economic development administration to provide economic adjustment assistance to help prevent, prepare for, and respond to economic injury caused by the pandemic. covid-19 has affected every corner of our nation. these are just a few of the many important portions of the bill. i urge my colleagues on this committee to join me in passing this relief package so we can get this desperately needed aid to the american people. i yield back. >> i thank the gentleman. >> i strongly support this legislation and the title reported by the small business committee which will deliver for the millions of small businesses that are still facing near impossible circumstances due to the covid-19 pandemic.
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we call him amtrak drove for a reason. there is a substantial set of -- it is a just a general policy objective. who have not gotten their jobs back since the pandemic started. the infrastructure project is designed to target that. the multiplier effect is what we should anticipate after this bill. paul: the democrats are also hoping there will be a bipartisan approach to the covid relief bill. was the approach as bipartisan as it could have been and are there any risks going forward? >> i think you hear this from the press secretary often. just because democrats are using the strategy where they only need 51 votes to pass the bill does not mean republicans cannot join with them to support it. they will say which republicans in republican states do you think do not need unemployment insurance benefits or did not need direct payments or do not need expanded access to the income credit or the tax credit? they say the overall bill is bipartisan because 72% of americans supported. could they have gone with a bill that was a th
we call him amtrak drove for a reason. there is a substantial set of -- it is a just a general policy objective. who have not gotten their jobs back since the pandemic started. the infrastructure project is designed to target that. the multiplier effect is what we should anticipate after this bill. paul: the democrats are also hoping there will be a bipartisan approach to the covid relief bill. was the approach as bipartisan as it could have been and are there any risks going forward? >>...
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we talked about the money unspent reopening schools, whatever there may be a ton of money goes to amtrak. amtrak has not spent the money already granted to it. $350 billion in state and local bailouts. 140 million for a tunnel in nancy pelosi's district, harvard with the massive endowment gets several tens of millions of dollars. it doesn't make much sense. save for a second on the op-ed on the olympics. let me ask you, republicans supported 2,000-dollar checks, many republicans for americans out there. this bill has relief for more americans in terms of unemployment, direct payments. where do you stand, republicans stand on c payments to americans. >> send them to people that need them the most. i don't see why governor workers that received a paycheck all along. companies booming like netflix or amazon need to get another stimulus check. it needs to be targeted. right now we're blasting those things out kind of shotgun style. will: okay. i mentioned i want to save a second for your op-ed. you wrote an op-ed, here is the headline. the u.s. should boycott the 2022 winter olympics in beij
we talked about the money unspent reopening schools, whatever there may be a ton of money goes to amtrak. amtrak has not spent the money already granted to it. $350 billion in state and local bailouts. 140 million for a tunnel in nancy pelosi's district, harvard with the massive endowment gets several tens of millions of dollars. it doesn't make much sense. save for a second on the op-ed on the olympics. let me ask you, republicans supported 2,000-dollar checks, many republicans for americans...
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amtrak still hasn't spent 1 billion that it received in the last covid package. the motor coach and passenger vessel operators are still waiting for the $2 billion search program to be set up so those businesses can receive their relief. so, you know, my thought is, when we have unspent funds out there, i think we ought to just slow down and get those funds out instead of rushing to throw more dollars out there and i just don't understand what the rush is when we have money that's simply unspent when these dollars could be used to get -- focus on getting vaccines out there. it could be focused on getting kids back in school, getting the economy back up and running. whatever the case may be. mr. reschenthaler: thank you. with that, i would yield to chairman mcgovern. thank you. mr. mcgovern: thank you very much. let me just let the committee know that after this panel, there are 28 more republican witnesses that we're going to hear from. so i just say that because we are going to definitely go to the floor whenever we're finished. and i think some of the questions
amtrak still hasn't spent 1 billion that it received in the last covid package. the motor coach and passenger vessel operators are still waiting for the $2 billion search program to be set up so those businesses can receive their relief. so, you know, my thought is, when we have unspent funds out there, i think we ought to just slow down and get those funds out instead of rushing to throw more dollars out there and i just don't understand what the rush is when we have money that's simply...
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. $50 billion for fema, $1.5 billion for amtrak, $1.5 million for a bridge that connects new york and canada and on and on the list goes. kind of sounds like infrastructure to me a little bit. what do you think, maria? >> it's true, bill. there are many things in this bill that have nothing to do with covid-19 relief. you are also talking about the $15 an hour minimum wage. you have a nutrition program. $880 million talking about a supplemental nutrition program. you have as you mentioned that rail car in california. this is why there is so much debate around this. remember, this is not the first rodeo. we are talking after this bill of $5 trillion in money thrown at this economy just in a year. of course, at some point debt and deficits will matter. particularly now as interest rates are just beginning to creep up ever so slightly. that's turning the stock market lower because interest rates are moving higher and as a result of that our interest payments on our debt become that much more expensive. so there is a real debate. the democrats say they will go with this alone. they are no
. $50 billion for fema, $1.5 billion for amtrak, $1.5 million for a bridge that connects new york and canada and on and on the list goes. kind of sounds like infrastructure to me a little bit. what do you think, maria? >> it's true, bill. there are many things in this bill that have nothing to do with covid-19 relief. you are also talking about the $15 an hour minimum wage. you have a nutrition program. $880 million talking about a supplemental nutrition program. you have as you mentioned...
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appointments it's one of more than a dozen major companies doing that, including trader joe's, mcdonald's, amtrak all offering incentives to their employees to get vaccinated >> tom, thank you. joining us now dr. anthony fauci. dr. fauci, good to see you, good morning. >> good morning, good to see you. >> we've got 30 million americans with one dose. 10 million americans fully vaccinated with both doses when you think of where we're going, needing upwards of 200 million americans at least to finally get vaccinated to ge herd immunity, are you frustrated at the pace of this do we need to pick it up >> well, i think it's going to be picked up because if you look at what's going to happen as we get into march and april, the number of available doses will allow for much more of a mass vaccination approach which is really much more accelerated than what you're seeing now. if you compare now to what we were doing the escalation is considerable i would imagine and i'm fairly certain that as we get into and toward the end of april, you'll see some of the implementation of what you just showed, namely pha
appointments it's one of more than a dozen major companies doing that, including trader joe's, mcdonald's, amtrak all offering incentives to their employees to get vaccinated >> tom, thank you. joining us now dr. anthony fauci. dr. fauci, good to see you, good morning. >> good morning, good to see you. >> we've got 30 million americans with one dose. 10 million americans fully vaccinated with both doses when you think of where we're going, needing upwards of 200 million...
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a guy who took the amtrak train for years and years, often on a daily basis to commute home. he's now able to really hop up there when he -- at a moment's notice. i can't imagine that plane's going to be descending as soon as it's going to ascend and descend. it's not going to be at altitude for very long on that flight. you were making a point earlier, nicole, about the popularity of the covid package and how high it is and obviously these numbers in the 60s and 70s, these are numbers that donald trump only ever saw in terms of his disapproval rating in the course of his entire four years, famously never above 50% with his approval rating for the entire presidency, only president in history and often saw disapproval numbers up in the 60s. but i think it's important just to think about this. i think part of the reason why -- people ask the question of how campaigning connects to governing. i think it's important to understand that part of the reason why this package is so popular is that joe biden spent so much time over the course of the last year ramming into our heads how
a guy who took the amtrak train for years and years, often on a daily basis to commute home. he's now able to really hop up there when he -- at a moment's notice. i can't imagine that plane's going to be descending as soon as it's going to ascend and descend. it's not going to be at altitude for very long on that flight. you were making a point earlier, nicole, about the popularity of the covid package and how high it is and obviously these numbers in the 60s and 70s, these are numbers that...
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biden was famous for riding the amtrak back and forth to washington. now that he's president, however, he's gotten a bit of an upgrade. the short approximately half-hour flight was the first time president biden has been on air force one since taking office. >> i'm getting off this plane -- >> reporter: a surreal moment after a week of hard reality. trying to get republicans to get on board with his covid relief plan. >> they're amamericans, a and they're suffffering. >> reporter: after another round of disappointing jobs numbers, just 49,000 of them created last month, the president rebuked republicans who have called the plan too expensive. >> i'm going to act, and i'm going to act fast. i'd like to be doing it with the support of republicans, but they're just not willing to go as far as i think we have to go. >> reporter: the nearly $2 trillion package includes $160 billion to expand covid vaccine testing and vaccination programs. it increases and extends unemployment benefits through september and provides lower and moderate-income americans $1,400
biden was famous for riding the amtrak back and forth to washington. now that he's president, however, he's gotten a bit of an upgrade. the short approximately half-hour flight was the first time president biden has been on air force one since taking office. >> i'm getting off this plane -- >> reporter: a surreal moment after a week of hard reality. trying to get republicans to get on board with his covid relief plan. >> they're amamericans, a and they're suffffering. >>...
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. $1.5 billion for amtrak. $4 billion to pay off the loans of socially disadvantaged armors and ranchers and $1 billion in food assistance." "the wall street journal" calls this the non-covid spending blowout. brad, tell us your story. caller: i had a couple of older relatives pass away from, you know, the cause of death was listed as covid. but also i had some still living relatives suffering significant loss. i'm very close with my sister and she's a teacher. she just recently a few months ago was at the point in her career where she said, she told me one morning that this was her halfway to retirement point. around the same time she told me she went the school -- went to school in the kids aren't there anymore, they have to do it online and stuff. she said one morning they sat in the parking she -- she sat in the parking lot and cried and it was the first time she had ever done that. it bothered me more than anything else i had heard to do with this. our teachers and our students, our students are killing themselves at a rate we don't know because we don't know who falls through the c
. $1.5 billion for amtrak. $4 billion to pay off the loans of socially disadvantaged armors and ranchers and $1 billion in food assistance." "the wall street journal" calls this the non-covid spending blowout. brad, tell us your story. caller: i had a couple of older relatives pass away from, you know, the cause of death was listed as covid. but also i had some still living relatives suffering significant loss. i'm very close with my sister and she's a teacher. she just recently...
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need l has more heat and energy. 0k, he| returned to the parochial, i need to ask you do you think amtrak will have unfrozen the train service walk and get a train to washington tomorrow? what you think west that's a tough one. the tomorrow? what you think west that's a tough one-— a tough one. the snow will wind down so i think probably. _ a tough one. the snow will wind down so i think probably. otherwise - a tough one. the snow will wind down so i think probably. otherwise you - so i think probably. otherwise you should _ so i think probably. otherwise you should charge a really expensive hotel— should charge a really expensive hotel to — should charge a really expensive hotel to bbc. should charge a really expensive hotel to mac.— should charge a really expensive hotelto bbc. ., ., , . hotelto bbc. localweather service for lower there. _ hotelto bbc. localweather service for lower there. thank _ hotelto bbc. localweather service for lower there. thank you - hotelto bbc. localweather service for lower there. thank you very - hotel to bbc. local weather service l for lower there
need l has more heat and energy. 0k, he| returned to the parochial, i need to ask you do you think amtrak will have unfrozen the train service walk and get a train to washington tomorrow? what you think west that's a tough one. the tomorrow? what you think west that's a tough one-— a tough one. the snow will wind down so i think probably. _ a tough one. the snow will wind down so i think probably. otherwise - a tough one. the snow will wind down so i think probably. otherwise you - so i think...
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the bottom right is a photo from the porch which was just a busy street by the busiest amtrak station in the country, and they said we want to use that space differently and they use what i think is a very innovative approach, of like let's put some tables and chairs and a couple planters out there, and kind of just start bringing people to the space. we want to teach them how to use the space and then they started engaging with the folks that were coming about what did they want, how could they shift, so they have gone through a few different iterations of what do we want the space to be. and creative. and libraries are flexible and evolving as the needs change. so, just asking questions around how do we do this and structure ourselves to do this well. pass it back to mark. >> thank you, debbie. the last slide here, do you have any suggestions for what we could do, yes, we do. and our report has a number of recommendations and actions, just summarizing some of them here. very important to clarify roles and responsibilities around this inclusive community building work. certainly acro
the bottom right is a photo from the porch which was just a busy street by the busiest amtrak station in the country, and they said we want to use that space differently and they use what i think is a very innovative approach, of like let's put some tables and chairs and a couple planters out there, and kind of just start bringing people to the space. we want to teach them how to use the space and then they started engaging with the folks that were coming about what did they want, how could...