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Mica, John - U.S. Representative, [R] Florida
TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE AMBRISTER X. OR COMMITTEE TO ORDER. WE ARE PLEASED TO CONDUCT THIS FULL COMMITTEE OVERSIGHT HEARING ON AMTRAK AND THE TITLE...
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| 00:13:02 |
Cummings, Elijah - U.S. Representative, [D] Maryland
A PLEASURE TO BE HERE AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR CALLING THIS HEARING. MR. CHAIRMAN, QUITE OFTEN OUR FEDERAL EMPLOYEES ARE SEEN, UNNOTICED, UNAPPRECIATED...
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| 00:23:43 |
Richardson, Laura - U.S. Representative, [D] California
FOCUSES ON AMTRAK'S STRUCTURAL REORGANIZATION. IT IS NOTED THAT AMTRAK HAS A RECORD OF 30.2 MILLION PASSENGERS TRAVELING ON AMTRAK AND 2011 AND WITH...
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| 00:27:26 |
Napolitano, Grace - U.S. Representative, [D] California
CONGRESSWOMAN RANKING MEMBER BROWN AND ELIJAH CUMMINGS FOR BRINGING THIS ISSUE ALONG WITH YOU. AMTRAK IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO CALIFORNIA. WE HAVE THREE...
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| 00:30:53 |
Johnson, E. B. - U.S. Representative, [D] Texas
RANKING MEMBER, MY REMARKS ARE VERY BRIEF. IN OCTOBER 2005, THEY ISSUED A REPORT TO THEN CHAIRMAN YOUNG CONCERNING AMTRAK'S LACK OF A STRATEGIC PLAN AND...
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| 00:32:17 |
Mica, John - U.S. Representative, [R] Florida
AND WE WELCOME THEM AGAIN. OUR FIRST WITNESS AND I WILL RECOGNIZE HIM AT THIS TIME IS THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OF AMTRAK AND MR. JOE BOARDMAN. THANK YOU...
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| 00:32:33 |
Boardman, Joseph - President and CEO
CHAIRMAN, MR. CUMMINGS, MEMBERS. I APPRECIATE BEING HERE TODAY AND CHOICE I WILL BE ON YOUR BOARDS OF THE QUESTIONS WILL COME FROM ME FOR THE FUTURE...
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| 00:44:28 |
Mica, John - U.S. Representative, [R] Florida
WE WILL GET BACK TO THE QUESTIONS. WE HAVE A WIDE RANGE IN WHAT WE ARE INTERESTED IN HEARING ABOUT THE WE BUT WE WILL TURN OUT TO THE INSPECTOR GENERAL,...
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Alves, Theodore - Inspector General
YOU MR. CHAIRMAN. GOOD MORNING MR. MICA, MR. CUMMINGS TO MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS HOW I WOULD SUPPORT OR...
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| 00:49:38 |
Mica, John - U.S. Representative, [R] Florida
HAVE. >> THANK YOU AND WE WILL HOLD QUESTIONS. WE ARE NOW GOING TO RECOGNIZE MR. JAMES STEM AND HE REPRESENTS THE UNITED TRANSPORTATION UNION WORKERS...
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Stem, James - National Legislative Director
YOU ARE RECOGNIZED MR. STEM. >> THANK YOU MR. CHAIRMAN, RANKING MEMBER CUMMINGS. WE APPRECIATE -- THERE ARE ABOUT 19,000 AMTRAK WORKERS AND I TODAY...
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| 00:57:41 |
Mica, John - U.S. Representative, [R] Florida
AMTRAK EMPLOYEES PARTICULARLY THOSE THAT LONG SERVING ARE TREATED FAIRLY AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND ALSO THAT WE MEET OUR OBLIGATIONS AS FAR AS THEIR COMMITMENTS,...
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| 01:03:54 |
Boardman, Joseph - President and CEO
THEM IS A VICE PRESIDENT, THAT'S THE NORTHEAST INFRASTRUCTURE AND DEVELOPMENT, STEPHEN GARDENER. >> HE'LL BE IN HERE WHEN WE DO THE NORTHEAST CORNER....
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| 01:05:41 |
Mica, John - U.S. Representative, [R] Florida
HIGHLIGHTED, AND HAS BEEN OF INTEREST TO THE COMMITTEE. WE DID A HEARING ON AS IT THE FOOD SERVICE, AND YOU HAVE ADDRESSED SOME CHANGES IN THAT, AND...
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| 01:06:06 |
Alves, Theodore - Inspector General
PROVIDED OR OVERSEEING IN THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT WITHIN OPERATIONS. THE FOOD DELIVERY FUNCTION WAS OVERSEEN IN THE MARKETING DEPARTMENT. >> OKAY....
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| 01:07:43 |
Mica, John - U.S. Representative, [R] Florida
COMPARED WITH THE TRAIN SET OF AVAILABILITY OF THEIR IMPROVEMENT OF 14%. THE AVAILABILITY, THE REST OF AMTRAK'S EQUIPMENT STAYED ROUGHLY THE SAME COMPARED...
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| 01:08:16 |
Boardman, Joseph - President and CEO
MORE UNRELIABLE NOW IN SOME WAYS WE HAVE ORDERED NEW ELECTRICITY LOCOMOTIVE TO MAKE SUBSTANTIAL IMPROVEMENT. RELIABILITY CENTERED MAINTENANCE WE THINK...
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| 01:12:28 |
Cummings, Elijah - U.S. Representative, [D] Maryland
COMMENTS THAT'S WHAT YOU'VE BEEN TRYING TO DO. >> LET ME JUST GO THROUGH THE AREA, DO YOU LISTEN TO ME CAREFULLY. YOU RAISED IT, INSPECTOR GENERAL,...
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| 01:14:20 |
Alves, Theodore - Inspector General
IT HAD BEEN A LONG STANDING ISSUE WITH AMTRAK. I THINK GOING BACK TO WHEN AMTRAK WAS FORMED. IN THIS YEAR, WHICH PAID THE INVOICES, FROM RRTD AND OPERATIONS...
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| 01:17:11 |
Cummings, Elijah - U.S. Representative, [D] Maryland
A LOT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT SAFETY, AND, YOU KNOW, YOU SAID THAT, PARDON ME, I WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN BY THAT. YOU WERE SAYING WHEN YOU TRIED TO...
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| 01:17:29 |
Boardman, Joseph - President and CEO
IT MEANS THAT, I MEAN, IT MEANS THAT THE SYSTEM ITSELF, IF YOU HAVE A SAFE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM WHETHER IT'S A BUS SYSTEM OR AVIATION SYSTEM, OR RAIL...
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| 01:18:53 |
Bucshon, Larry D. - U.S. Representative, [R] Indiana
ACROSS THE COUNTRY IF YOU ADD ON THE REST WHAT AMTRAK DOES ACROSS THE COUNTRY, IS IT POSSIBLE TO BE PROFITEDBLE? IN YOUR VIEW? >> NO, NOT WITHOUT A POLICY...
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| 01:19:20 |
Boardman, Joseph - President and CEO
1971, THEY DECIDED SEVERAL OTHER TIMES. BUT THERE NEEDS TO BE A DECISION JUST LIKE THERE'S A DECISION EVERY DAY THAT WE'RE GOING INVEST IN A HIGHWAY...
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| 01:20:29 |
Bucshon, Larry D. - U.S. Representative, [R] Indiana
ALLEN, YOU MADE A COMMENT THAT SAID YOU WERE ON A AMTRAK NEEDS TO BE RUN, I THINK, BASED ON WHAT YOU SAID MORE LIKE A PROFITABLE BUSINESS. I MEAN, AMTRAK...
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| 01:21:21 |
Alves, Theodore - Inspector General
AND AMTRAK ACTUALLY IS A BUSINESS. IT IS NOT A GOVERNMENT AGENCY. AND DOES NOT -- I DON'T THINK OPERATE AS A GOVERNMENT. IT OPERATES AS A BUSINESS....
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| 01:23:23 |
Bucshon, Larry D. - U.S. Representative, [R] Indiana
TO DO TO STREAMLINE THE OPERATION. I MEAN, I THINK THE IMPRESSION THAT, YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD OPEN-ENDEDLY FUND THINGS OR INCREASE FUNDING TO THIS AGENCY...
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes - Congressional Delegate, [D] District of Columbia
YOUR INSPECTOR GENERAL REPORT, THERE'S A TROUBLING SECTION ON HUMAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT YOU HAVE FOUND I'M QUOTING YOU NOW ONLY LIMITED PROGRESS AND IMPLEMENTING...
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| 01:26:12 |
Alves, Theodore - Inspector General
FOCUSED ON TRANSACTION-TYPE THINGS. MAKING THE PAYROLL THIS MONTH PROCESSING THE PAYROLL, ADJUSTING PEOPLE'S JOB DESCRIPTION. IT WASN'T LOOKING AT STRATEGIC...
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| 01:28:18 |
Boardman, Joseph - President and CEO
HAVE LABOR CHARACTERISTICS. IT'S A PRIERTD TOY TO HAVE -- PRIORITY TOY HAVE INTERNAL CONTROLS. IT'S A PRIORITY TO REPLACE EQUIPMENT. WE DIDN'T HAVE...
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes - Congressional Delegate, [D] District of Columbia
AND WE'RE NOT TALKING, NECESSARILY ABOUT TO SOME EXTENT BUT BRAND NEW PEOPLE WHO WOULD HAVE TO BE TRAINED. YOU HAVE PEOPLE -- THERE IS TRUE LAY JOB LADDER...
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| 01:29:30 |
Boardman, Joseph - President and CEO
THE INSPECTOR GENERAL WAS RELATING TO THAT. WE'VE GOT A MAJOR CHANGE AND HOW WE MANAGE HUMAN CAPITAL. WE HAVE A REGULAR TRAINING PROGRAM THAT IMPROVES...
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| 01:36:30 |
Hanna, Richard L - U.S. Representative, [R] New York
YOU. ALVES, YOU MENTIONED THAT IN A LONG-TERM PLAN THERE ARE BENCHMARKS, TO PARAPHRASE WHAT YOU SAID, WHICH WOULD REQUIRE ACCOUNTABILITY IF THEY'RE...
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| 01:37:06 |
Alves, Theodore - Inspector General
WHERE PEOPLE ARE BEING APPROPRIATELY HELD ACCOUNTABLE TO VALID. >> WHAT WOULD YOU IMAGINE THAT IS? ACCOUNTABILITY IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR IS DIFFICULT...
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| 01:39:25 |
Boardman, Joseph - President and CEO
TOTAL OPERATING REVENUE. WHAT WE ARE REALLY LOOKING FOR IS THE GENERAL MANAGERS TO UNDERSTAND HOW MUCH REVENUE IS COMING IN AND WHAT THE COST IS. AND...
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| 01:41:38 |
Hanna, Richard L - U.S. Representative, [R] New York
SUBSIDIZED BY LITTLE OVER $4, MASS TRANSIT OVER 95 CENTS. INNER CITY BUS, WHICH YOU KNOW GREAT DEAL ABOUT IS A DIME. AND AMTRAK IN TOTAL UNDERSTANDING...
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| 01:42:17 |
Cummings, Elijah - U.S. Representative, [D] Maryland
ANSWER TO MRS. NORTON, AND WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE SITUATION IS WITH THE BALTIMORE STATION. YOU KNOW, WE -- THE MAYOR APPOINTED ME TO COMMISSION HERE...
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| 01:43:30 |
Boardman, Joseph - President and CEO
THEY USED TO HAVE THE POWER DIRECTORS OFFICE ON THE TOP FLOOR AND THE SECOND FLOOR. >> RIGHT. >> AND LOOK, WHAT WOULD IT TAKE FOR US TO BE POTENTIALLY...
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| 01:44:27 |
Mica, John - U.S. Representative, [R] Florida
WE CONCLUDE, THANK OUR WITNESSES. THE PURPOSE OF THIS HEAR AND THE TWO WE ARE PLANNING IS HOPEFULLY TO BE CONSTRUCTIVE, TO MAKE CERTAIN THINGS MOVE FORWARD...
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