WEBVTT 00:02.669 --> 00:04.969 align:start . 00:04.972 --> 00:05.370 align:start >>> WATER LEAK OF INTERNATIONAL 00:05.373 --> 00:07.038 align:start PROPORTIONS. 00:07.041 --> 00:09.007 align:start >> GROUNDWATER FOR ALL THE 00:09.010 --> 00:11.242 align:start REGION CANNOT BE JEOPARDIZED. 00:11.245 --> 00:12.977 align:start >> CROSSING PARTY LINES HOPING 00:12.980 --> 00:14.712 align:start TO FIX HEALTH CARE. 00:14.715 --> 00:16.481 align:start >> SO THAT WASHINGTON, D.C. IS 00:16.484 --> 00:16.781 align:start NOT AS DYSFUNCTIONAL AS PEOPLE 00:16.784 --> 00:18.082 align:start PLI. 00:18.085 --> 00:18.416 align:start >>> PLUS, RAIL TRANSPORTATION IN 00:18.419 --> 00:22.053 align:start ARIZONA. 00:27.694 --> 00:28.926 align:start >>> HELLO, AND THANK YOU FOR 00:28.929 --> 00:31.295 align:start JOINING US. 00:31.298 --> 00:32.663 align:start WE BEGIN OUR PROGRAM ALONG THE 00:32.666 --> 00:33.498 align:start U.S./MEXICO BORDER IN THE 00:33.501 --> 00:35.566 align:start NOGALES AREA. 00:35.569 --> 00:38.069 align:start IT'S BEEN MORE THAN A WEEK SINCE 00:38.072 --> 00:38.770 align:start A BREACH OCCURRED IN A CROSS 00:38.773 --> 00:41.239 align:start BORDER SEWER LINE. 00:41.242 --> 00:44.208 align:start EVERY DAY THE UNDERGROUND PIPE 00:44.211 --> 00:46.177 align:start TRANSPORTS TENS OF THOUSANDS OF 00:46.180 --> 00:47.678 align:start GALLONS OF RAW SEWAGE. 00:47.681 --> 00:49.380 align:start THE BRIDGE HAS CONTAMINATED 00:49.383 --> 00:52.316 align:start WATER IN THE NOGALES WASH. 00:52.319 --> 00:55.153 align:start THE GOVERNOR HAS ISSUED A STATE 00:55.156 --> 00:56.354 align:start OF EMERGENCY. 00:56.357 --> 00:57.655 align:start "ARIZONA WEEK'S" REPORTER 00:57.658 --> 00:58.990 align:start TRAVELED TO NOGALESLE WHIER THIS 00:58.993 --> 01:00.625 align:start WEEK AND JOINS ME NOW. 01:00.628 --> 01:01.759 align:start WHAT TEST LATEST? 01:01.762 --> 01:04.495 align:start HAS IT STOPPED? 01:04.498 --> 01:04.962 align:start >> THEY ARE NOT SURE IF IT 01:04.965 --> 01:06.697 align:start STOPPED OR NOT. 01:06.700 --> 01:10.768 align:start WHAT THEY HAVE DONE IS CREATED A 01:10.771 --> 01:12.804 align:start BYPASS, A 18,000 FOOT BYPASS TO 01:12.807 --> 01:13.104 align:start BYPASS THE AREA WHERE THERE IS A 01:13.107 --> 01:14.872 align:start LEAK. 01:14.875 --> 01:17.041 align:start IN OTHER WORDS, CAP IT ON ONE 01:17.044 --> 01:18.810 align:start END, PUT IN A PIPE BYPASS AND 01:18.813 --> 01:20.878 align:start CAP IT ON THE OTHER END. 01:20.881 --> 01:23.147 align:start THEY ARE CONDUCTING TESTS ALONG 01:23.150 --> 01:23.948 align:start THE SANTA CRUZ RIVER TO SEE IF 01:23.951 --> 01:25.917 align:start THEY HAVE IT. 01:25.920 --> 01:27.685 align:start HOWEVER, THEY WANT GET INTO THE 01:27.688 --> 01:29.153 align:start WASH TO SEE WHERE THE LEAK IS 01:29.156 --> 01:30.455 align:start UNTIL THE RIVER WATER SUB SIDES 01:30.458 --> 01:30.788 align:start AND THAT COULD TAKE SEVERAL 01:30.791 --> 01:31.989 align:start WEEKS. 01:31.992 --> 01:34.926 align:start >> HOW IS IT THAT THE U.S. 01:34.929 --> 01:36.427 align:start TREATS MEXICO'S SEWAGE? 01:36.430 --> 01:38.062 align:start CAN YOU EXPLAIN THIS TREATY THAT 01:38.065 --> 01:38.696 align:start GOES WAY BACK? 01:38.699 --> 01:40.431 align:start >> RIGHT. 01:40.434 --> 01:42.133 align:start MANY PEOPLE SAY WHY IN THE WORLD 01:42.136 --> 01:42.467 align:start WOULD THE U.S. TREAT SEWAGE FROM 01:42.470 --> 01:44.869 align:start MEXICO? 01:44.872 --> 01:45.169 align:start IT HAS TO DO WITH THE SANTA CRUZ 01:45.172 --> 01:47.038 align:start RIVER. 01:47.041 --> 01:49.774 align:start THE SANTA CRUZ RIVER IS THE ONLY 01:49.777 --> 01:51.876 align:start RIVER IN THE UNITED STATES THAT 01:51.879 --> 01:53.411 align:start FLOWS SOUTH INTO -- ACTUALLY 01:53.414 --> 01:53.744 align:start FLOWS SOUTH INTO MEXICO FROM THE 01:53.747 --> 01:56.681 align:start U.S. 01:56.684 --> 01:59.150 align:start IT MAKES A U-TURN, GOES BACK 01:59.153 --> 01:59.817 align:start INTO MEXICO, AND COMES BACK TO 01:59.820 --> 02:02.386 align:start THE U.S. 02:02.389 --> 02:04.722 align:start THE THING IS, IS THAT WATER IS 02:04.725 --> 02:07.291 align:start SO PRECIOUS TO US HERE IN 02:07.294 --> 02:08.860 align:start ARIZONA THAT IN 1962 THERE WAS 02:08.863 --> 02:10.761 align:start PART OF A TREATY BETWEEN THE 02:10.764 --> 02:12.997 align:start U.S. AND MEXICO THAT SAID WE'LL 02:13.000 --> 02:13.865 align:start TAKE YOUR SEWAGE, WE'LL TREAT IT 02:13.868 --> 02:15.366 align:start ON THE U.S. SIDE. 02:15.369 --> 02:17.168 align:start WELL, THAT WAS WHEN THE 02:17.171 --> 02:19.570 align:start TREATMENT PLANT WAS ONLY MAYBE A 02:19.573 --> 02:22.840 align:start MILE FROM THE BORDER. 02:22.843 --> 02:26.277 align:start SINCE THAT TIME IN THE 1970s, 02:26.280 --> 02:29.113 align:start THEY MOVED IT ALL THE WAY UP TO 02:29.116 --> 02:30.348 align:start RIO RICO, NINE MILES AWAY. 02:30.351 --> 02:31.883 align:start AND THAT PIPE HAHN HAS BEEN 02:31.886 --> 02:33.317 align:start THERE FOR SOME PORTIONS 50 02:33.320 --> 02:35.486 align:start YEARS, AND OTHER PORTIONS, 45 02:35.489 --> 02:35.786 align:start YEARS, AND IT'S NOT HOLDING UP 02:35.789 --> 02:38.823 align:start WELL. 02:38.826 --> 02:39.457 align:start >> THERE IS AN INTERNATIONAL 02:39.460 --> 02:42.493 align:start ISSUE. 02:42.496 --> 02:43.194 align:start INCLUDING CONGRESSMAN GREAT 02:43.197 --> 02:44.462 align:start HOEVO. 02:44.465 --> 02:46.297 align:start HE IS HOME ON RECESS. 02:46.300 --> 02:47.565 align:start HE MADE A TRIP DOWN THERE. 02:47.568 --> 02:50.034 align:start THIS IS HIS ANSWERS. 02:50.037 --> 02:52.370 align:start >> THE CONSEQUENCES TO RIPARIAN 02:52.373 --> 02:53.971 align:start AREAS AND THE SEQUENCES TO 02:53.974 --> 02:57.341 align:start DRINKING WATER AND ACT WI 02:57.344 --> 02:59.310 align:start OFFICERS ALONG THIS RIVER AND IN 02:59.313 --> 03:02.914 align:start THIS AREA HERE IS JEOPARDIZED 03:02.917 --> 03:04.282 align:start WHEN YOU HAVE 13,000 GALS DAILY 03:04.285 --> 03:04.615 align:start FLOWING AS A RESULT OF THAT 03:04.618 --> 03:07.051 align:start BREACH. 03:07.054 --> 03:07.518 align:start >> WHY IS THE SANTA CRUZ RIVER 03:07.521 --> 03:09.587 align:start SO IMPORTANT? 03:09.590 --> 03:11.155 align:start >> IT IS A LIFELINE. 03:11.158 --> 03:11.422 align:start IT HAS BEEN SINCE TIME IN MOMENT 03:11.425 --> 03:13.090 align:start YUM. 03:13.093 --> 03:14.425 align:start IT CONTINUES TO BE A LIFELINE. 03:14.428 --> 03:15.026 align:start IT IS A CONNECTION BETWEEN US 03:15.029 --> 03:16.394 align:start AND MEXICO. 03:16.397 --> 03:18.462 align:start AND IT IS A CONNECTOR ALL THE 03:18.465 --> 03:20.898 align:start WAY TO THE GILA RIVER. 03:20.901 --> 03:22.567 align:start THIS SOURCE NOT ONLY OF WATER 03:22.570 --> 03:24.635 align:start BUT OF GROUNDWATER FOR ALL THE 03:24.638 --> 03:25.903 align:start REGION CANNOT BE JEOPARDIZED. 03:25.906 --> 03:26.904 align:start THAT'S THE BIGGEST ENVIRONMENTAL 03:26.907 --> 03:28.706 align:start THREAT THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW. 03:28.709 --> 03:29.540 align:start >> NANCY, THE INTERNATIONAL 03:29.543 --> 03:30.775 align:start BOUNDARY AND WATER COMMISSION IS 03:30.778 --> 03:32.610 align:start IN CHARGE OF THIS. 03:32.613 --> 03:35.046 align:start BUT IT IS A BYE NATIONAL EFFORT. 03:35.049 --> 03:36.881 align:start WHO ULTIMATELY IS GOING TO FOOT 03:36.884 --> 03:38.349 align:start THE BILL TO FIX THIS? 03:38.352 --> 03:40.151 align:start >> ACCORDING TO THE CONGRESSMAN 03:40.154 --> 03:41.419 align:start HE THINKS THE FEDS SHOULD PICK 03:41.422 --> 03:43.087 align:start UP THE TAB FOR IT. 03:43.090 --> 03:45.122 align:start THE CITY OF NOGALES DOESN'T HAVE 03:45.125 --> 03:46.958 align:start THE MONEY, SANTA CRUZ COUNTY 03:46.961 --> 03:48.526 align:start DOESN'T HAVE THE MONEY OF THE SO 03:48.529 --> 03:50.027 align:start IT DOES FALL, BECAUSE OF THE 03:50.030 --> 03:50.428 align:start TREATY TO THE FEDERAL 03:50.431 --> 03:51.295 align:start GOVERNMENT. 03:51.298 --> 03:53.264 align:start THERE ARE SOME COST ESTIMATES 03:53.267 --> 03:54.832 align:start THAT GO UP AS HIGH AS $40 03:54.835 --> 03:57.268 align:start MILLION, AND IT COULD TAKE 03:57.271 --> 04:00.204 align:start SEVERAL YEARS. 04:00.207 --> 04:03.341 align:start THIS ONE SMALL BYPASS THAT WAS 04:03.344 --> 04:03.708 align:start CREATED IS COSTING ABOUT 04:03.711 --> 04:05.910 align:start $300,000. 04:05.913 --> 04:07.311 align:start >> YOU SAY THE FEDS WERE TAKING 04:07.314 --> 04:08.412 align:start U.S. AND MEXICAN GOVERNMENT? 04:08.415 --> 04:10.081 align:start >> THERE IS THE CONTROVERSY. 04:10.084 --> 04:11.349 align:start THE TREATY WAS SIGNED BETWEEN 04:11.352 --> 04:13.050 align:start THE TWO COUNTRIES, HOWEVER IT 04:13.053 --> 04:13.851 align:start WAS THE U.S. THAT COMMITTED TO 04:13.854 --> 04:16.854 align:start PAYING FOR IT. 04:16.857 --> 04:18.322 align:start SO BACK IN 1972. 04:18.325 --> 04:19.924 align:start WE'RE ALMOST 50 YEARS LATER, 04:19.927 --> 04:20.258 align:start LET'S SEE IF THE FED WILL PICK 04:20.261 --> 04:21.659 align:start IT UP. 04:21.662 --> 04:23.594 align:start >> NANCY, THANKS. 04:23.597 --> 04:23.995 align:start YOU JUST HEARD FROM THE 04:23.998 --> 04:26.497 align:start CONGRESSMAN. 04:26.500 --> 04:28.466 align:start HE IS BACK IN A AS ON RECESS 04:28.469 --> 04:29.800 align:start FROM WASHINGTON, D.C. 04:29.803 --> 04:31.569 align:start SO IS CONGRESSWOMAN MARTHA 04:31.572 --> 04:33.271 align:start McSALLY. 04:33.274 --> 04:35.740 align:start EARLIER THIS WEEK SHE SPOKE WITH 04:35.743 --> 04:37.375 align:start ARIZONA PUBLIC IMMEDIATE'S CHRIS 04:37.378 --> 04:40.444 align:start OVER CONOVER ABOUT HER ROLE IN 04:40.447 --> 04:42.580 align:start THE PROBLEM SOLVER CAUCUS A 04:42.583 --> 04:44.548 align:start BIPARTISAN CAUCUS OF 43 04:44.551 --> 04:45.483 align:start REPRESENTATIVES TO STABILIZE THE 04:45.486 --> 04:48.219 align:start HEALTH CARE MARKET SPECIFICALLY 04:48.222 --> 04:50.187 align:start DEALING WITH THE MEDICAL DEVICE 04:50.190 --> 04:53.090 align:start TAX AND THE INSURANCE MANDATE. 04:53.093 --> 04:55.293 align:start SHE SAYS SHE HOPES IT WILL START 04:55.296 --> 04:59.830 align:start THE CONVERSATION TOWARD FINDING 04:59.833 --> 05:00.598 align:start A SOLUTION TOWARD REPEALING AND 05:00.601 --> 05:00.898 align:start REPLACING THE AFFORDABLE CARE 05:00.901 --> 05:04.502 align:start ACT. 05:04.505 --> 05:04.869 align:start >> THIS IS NOT ABOUT REPLACING 05:04.872 --> 05:05.936 align:start OBAMACARE. 05:05.939 --> 05:07.738 align:start THERE ARE THINGS I TOLLY 05:07.741 --> 05:10.107 align:start DISAGREE WITH AND DO BELIEVE WE 05:10.110 --> 05:12.810 align:start NEED TO MOVE BETTER TO A BETTER 05:12.813 --> 05:15.079 align:start SUSTAINABLE MODEL, REPLACING IT 05:15.082 --> 05:18.449 align:start IN THE LONG RUN. 05:18.452 --> 05:19.684 align:start IN THE SHORT RUN WE HAVE TO HAVE 05:19.687 --> 05:21.085 align:start LASER TARGETS. 05:21.088 --> 05:22.620 align:start HOW DO WE TARGET STRUCTURAL 05:22.623 --> 05:25.156 align:start CHANGES AND THINGS THAT WILL 05:25.159 --> 05:26.490 align:start ALLOW BETTER CHOICES BRING DOWN 05:26.493 --> 05:27.625 align:start COSTS, PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES GET 05:27.628 --> 05:28.759 align:start SOME CERTAINTIES SO THERE ARE 05:28.762 --> 05:29.727 align:start MORE CHOICES FOR INDIVIDUALS 05:29.730 --> 05:31.729 align:start THAT WE REPRESENT. 05:31.732 --> 05:33.030 align:start THAT WAS OUR FOCUS. 05:33.033 --> 05:34.632 align:start AGAIN, IT WAS A TOUGH PROBLEM 05:34.635 --> 05:34.965 align:start BUT WE ARE THE PROBLEM SOLVING 05:34.968 --> 05:37.168 align:start CAUCUS. 05:37.171 --> 05:37.535 align:start WE SAID LET'S TRY AND TACKLE 05:37.538 --> 05:38.669 align:start THIS THIN. 05:38.672 --> 05:41.405 align:start IT TOOK ABOUT THREE WEEK. 05:41.408 --> 05:44.041 align:start WE CAME UP WITH FOUR SOLUTIONS. 05:44.044 --> 05:44.742 align:start THE INTENT IS THAT THIS ISN'T 05:44.745 --> 05:47.712 align:start SPECIFIC LEGISLATION THAT WE 05:47.715 --> 05:48.412 align:start WANT PEOPLE TO VOTE ON RIGHT NOW 05:48.415 --> 05:49.780 align:start BUT IT SHOULD BE THE START OF 05:49.783 --> 05:51.882 align:start THE DISCUSSION THAT GOES THROUGH 05:51.885 --> 05:53.417 align:start THE COMMITTEE PROCESS ON BOTH 05:53.420 --> 05:55.319 align:start SIDES, THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE. 05:55.322 --> 05:56.854 align:start IT MAY NOT BE THE END RESULT BUT 05:56.857 --> 05:58.322 align:start AT LEAST WE WERE TRYING TO BREAK 05:58.325 --> 06:00.291 align:start THE FEVER AND SAY LOOK WE HAVE 06:00.294 --> 06:01.959 align:start GOT TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM NOW 06:01.962 --> 06:03.828 align:start BECAUSE 20181 COMING FAST. 06:03.831 --> 06:04.261 align:start I THINK IT IS A GOOD START FOR 06:04.264 --> 06:05.596 align:start THOSE IDEAS. 06:05.599 --> 06:06.664 align:start >> YOU SAID THIS IS A START. 06:06.667 --> 06:07.965 align:start THERE ARE THINGS IN IT THAT YOU 06:07.968 --> 06:09.367 align:start DON'T LIKE AND YOU WERE THE LEAD 06:09.370 --> 06:11.235 align:start ON IT OR ONE OF THE LEADS ON IT 06:11.238 --> 06:13.971 align:start IN ORDER TO GET IT THROUGH THE 06:13.974 --> 06:15.473 align:start CAUCUS, THE BIPARTISAN CAUCUS. 06:15.476 --> 06:16.073 align:start YOU HAVE TO HAVE A LOT OF 06:16.076 --> 06:18.542 align:start APPROVAL WITHIN. 06:18.545 --> 06:19.810 align:start THIS WAS THE BEGINNING, I GUESS, 06:19.813 --> 06:21.512 align:start THE FIRST COMMITTEE, ALMOST. 06:21.515 --> 06:23.681 align:start >> IT WAS. 06:23.684 --> 06:25.683 align:start GOVERNING IS HARD, AND YOU DON'T 06:25.686 --> 06:27.451 align:start ALWAYS GET WHAT YOU WANT. 06:27.454 --> 06:28.519 align:start I WISH I WAS IN DIFFERENT 06:28.522 --> 06:30.388 align:start CIRCUMSTANCES AND I WISH I HAD 06:30.391 --> 06:31.355 align:start DIFFERENT EQUIPMENT BUT YOU HAVE 06:31.358 --> 06:31.622 align:start TO FIGHT THE WAR THAT YOU ARE 06:31.625 --> 06:34.225 align:start IN. 06:34.228 --> 06:35.860 align:start THE ONE THAT WE ARE IN NOW IS 06:35.863 --> 06:36.660 align:start THE CLOCK IS TICKING THE 06:36.663 --> 06:38.462 align:start INDIVIDUAL MARKET IS COLLAPSING 06:38.465 --> 06:39.029 align:start AND WE'VE GOT TO DO SOMETHING TO 06:39.032 --> 06:40.064 align:start ADDRESS IT. 06:40.067 --> 06:41.465 align:start THIS WAS HARD. 06:41.468 --> 06:42.633 align:start BUT GOVERNING IS HARD. 06:42.636 --> 06:43.934 align:start IT WAS GIVE AND TAKE. 06:43.937 --> 06:46.404 align:start I DO THINK FOR THE THINGS THAT I 06:46.407 --> 06:47.838 align:start WAS FOCUSED ON AND THE GOP WAS 06:47.841 --> 06:49.707 align:start FOCUSED ON THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT 06:49.710 --> 06:51.542 align:start WINS WITH CHANGING THE EMPLOYER 06:51.545 --> 06:53.177 align:start MANDATE FROM 50 EMPLOYEES 06:53.180 --> 06:54.078 align:start WORKING 30 HOURS A WEEK -- WE 06:54.081 --> 06:55.212 align:start HEAR FROM SMALL BUSINESSES ALL 06:55.215 --> 06:58.115 align:start THE TIME IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT 06:58.118 --> 06:59.683 align:start ARE SITTING AT 49 EMPLOYEES OR 06:59.686 --> 07:01.152 align:start WORKING A LOT OF PART-TIME 07:01.155 --> 07:02.653 align:start EMPLOYEES BECAUSE THE MANDATES, 07:02.656 --> 07:03.354 align:start THE PENALTIES IT COSTS ARE WAY 07:03.357 --> 07:05.289 align:start TOO HIGH. 07:05.292 --> 07:06.223 align:start SO IT'S STIFLING JOB GROWTH, 07:06.226 --> 07:08.426 align:start THIS SPECIFIC MANDATE. 07:08.429 --> 07:14.131 align:start WE'VE MOVED IT IN OUR PROPOSAL 07:14.134 --> 07:15.666 align:start TO 50 # 500 EMPLOY -- TO 5 HUB 07:15.669 --> 07:16.901 align:start EMPLOYEES AND STANDARD 40 HOUR 07:16.904 --> 07:19.437 align:start WORK WEEK. 07:19.440 --> 07:21.005 align:start IT CAN BE A GAME CHANGER FOR 07:21.008 --> 07:23.507 align:start SMALL BUSINESSES THEY CAN 07:23.510 --> 07:25.309 align:start UNLEASH AND GROW AND ALLOW THEIR 07:25.312 --> 07:26.310 align:start EMPLOYEES IF THEY DON'T PROVIDE 07:26.313 --> 07:27.778 align:start INSURANCE TO SHOP ON THE 07:27.781 --> 07:29.280 align:start INDIVIDUAL MARKET WHICH COULD 07:29.283 --> 07:30.815 align:start ALSO HELP STABILIZE IT. 07:30.818 --> 07:32.416 align:start YOU GET FULL-TIME WORKERS 07:32.419 --> 07:33.584 align:start SHOPPING AROUND WITH MORE 07:33.587 --> 07:35.920 align:start CHOICES THAT COULD START 07:35.923 --> 07:37.354 align:start BRINGING DOWN PREMIUM TO SORT OF 07:37.357 --> 07:38.155 align:start SPREAD OUT THE RISK IN THE 07:38.158 --> 07:39.957 align:start INDIVIDUAL POOL. 07:39.960 --> 07:41.959 align:start THIS IS A PRETTY BIG WIN TO 07:41.962 --> 07:44.028 align:start TEETH GET MY TEAMMATES FROM THE 07:44.031 --> 07:44.862 align:start OTHER SIDE OF THE AISLE TO AGREE 07:44.865 --> 07:52.269 align:start TO THIS CHANGE. 07:52.272 --> 07:54.371 align:start AND SECONDLY THEY AGREED TO THE 07:54.374 --> 07:55.639 align:start MEDICAL DEVICE TAX. 07:55.642 --> 07:55.940 align:start SO THERE IS SOME COMMON GROUND 07:55.943 --> 07:56.974 align:start THERE. 07:56.977 --> 07:57.508 align:start AND THIS DOES IMPACT OUR 07:57.511 --> 08:00.277 align:start COMMUNITY. 08:00.280 --> 08:03.380 align:start SO THAT'S A PRETTY BIG WIN. 08:03.383 --> 08:04.215 align:start >> WE SAW A LOT OF POLITICS 08:04.218 --> 08:05.916 align:start ESPECIALLY OVER ON THE SENATE 08:05.919 --> 08:06.484 align:start SIDE IN THE LAST WEEK OR SO 08:06.487 --> 08:08.085 align:start AROUND HEALTH CARE. 08:08.088 --> 08:08.385 align:start SO THAT BEGS THE QUESTION ON 08:08.388 --> 08:10.554 align:start THIS. 08:10.557 --> 08:12.056 align:start AFTER THIS GOT RELEASED WE SAW 08:12.059 --> 08:13.123 align:start SOME BUBBLES OF IT THE WEEKEND 08:13.126 --> 08:14.825 align:start BEFORE IT WAS RELEASED. 08:14.828 --> 08:16.560 align:start BUT AFTER IT WAS RELEASED, HAVE 08:16.563 --> 08:17.695 align:start YOU HEARD ANYTHING FROM 08:17.698 --> 08:19.430 align:start LEADERSHIP IN EITHER CHAMBER, 08:19.433 --> 08:20.931 align:start AND FROM THE WHITE HOUSE? 08:20.934 --> 08:22.800 align:start >> OUR INTEND WAS AGAIN THE 08:22.803 --> 08:24.902 align:start BREAK THE FEVER AND TO PROVIDE 08:24.905 --> 08:26.270 align:start SOME SOLUTIONS AND SHOW -- AND 08:26.273 --> 08:28.506 align:start ALSO THAT WASHINGTON, D.C. IS 08:28.509 --> 08:28.806 align:start NOT AS DYSFUNCTIONALAS AS PEOPLE 08:28.809 --> 08:30.140 align:start THINK. 08:30.143 --> 08:31.842 align:start THAT THERE IS A WAY FOR TO US 08:31.845 --> 08:33.544 align:start FIGURE OUT HOW TO WORK TOGETHER, 08:33.547 --> 08:36.013 align:start AND GIVE AND TAKE. 08:36.016 --> 08:37.715 align:start I STILL HAVE SINCERELY HELD 08:37.718 --> 08:40.751 align:start BELIEVES ABOUT WHERE THIS SHOULD 08:40.754 --> 08:41.886 align:start GO FORWARD IN THE LONG RUN BUT 08:41.889 --> 08:43.087 align:start BE LASER FOCUSED ON THIS 08:43.090 --> 08:43.954 align:start SPECIFIC CHALLENGE THE 08:43.957 --> 08:46.590 align:start INDIVIDUAL MARKET COLLAPSING AND 08:46.593 --> 08:47.691 align:start SORTING REPEAL OF THE MANDATES 08:47.694 --> 08:48.025 align:start THAT ARE IMPACTING ECONOMIC 08:48.028 --> 08:51.095 align:start GROWTH. 08:51.098 --> 08:51.595 align:start SO I THINK THIS IS THE START OF 08:51.598 --> 08:52.329 align:start THE CONVERSATION. 08:52.332 --> 08:54.198 align:start AND IT DOES PROVIDE THE SPACE IN 08:54.201 --> 08:55.366 align:start THE DISCUSSION TO SAY WOW THERE 08:55.369 --> 08:56.634 align:start IS 43 DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS 08:56.637 --> 08:58.569 align:start THAT CAME TOGETHER. 08:58.572 --> 09:00.771 align:start WE HAD TO HAVE AT LEAST 50% OF 09:00.774 --> 09:04.441 align:start EACH SIDE AND 75% OF OUR 09:04.444 --> 09:05.175 align:start MEMBERSHIP SUPPORT OUR PROPOSALS 09:05.178 --> 09:06.777 align:start FOR US TO GO PUBLIC LIKE WE DID 09:06.780 --> 09:07.878 align:start AND WE GOT THOSE VOTES. 09:07.881 --> 09:10.915 align:start THIS IS THE START OF THE 09:10.918 --> 09:11.515 align:start CONVERSATION OF WHERE WE NEED TO 09:11.518 --> 09:14.685 align:start END BUT WE WILL LET THE 09:14.688 --> 09:15.052 align:start COMMITTEE PROCESS WORK ITS WAY 09:15.055 --> 09:16.353 align:start THROUGH. 09:16.356 --> 09:17.555 align:start >> THAT WAS MY QUESTION, WHERE 09:17.558 --> 09:19.356 align:start DO WE GO FROM HERE. 09:19.359 --> 09:21.358 align:start >> THIS MAY PUT MEAT ON THE 09:21.361 --> 09:22.960 align:start AGAINST OF WHERE IT GOES 09:22.963 --> 09:25.095 align:start FORWARD. 09:25.098 --> 09:25.529 align:start WE EXPECT COMMITTEE PROCESS WORK 09:25.532 --> 09:27.131 align:start NOW. 09:27.134 --> 09:28.832 align:start BUT WE WERE ABLE TO SHOW THESE 09:28.835 --> 09:29.099 align:start ARE IDEAS MANY OF US CAN AGREE 09:29.102 --> 09:30.534 align:start ON. 09:30.537 --> 09:32.069 align:start YOU NEED TO TAKE THESE SERIOUSLY 09:32.072 --> 09:34.405 align:start AND WE ARE GOING TO SUPPORT THIS 09:34.408 --> 09:35.606 align:start AND VOTE AS A BLOCH AS THESE 09:35.609 --> 09:36.974 align:start THING COME THROUGH BECAUSE WE 09:36.977 --> 09:37.374 align:start HAVE WORKED TOGETHER ON THIS 09:37.377 --> 09:39.143 align:start PROPOSAL. 09:39.146 --> 09:40.210 align:start WE ARE GOING TO KEEP WORKING. 09:40.213 --> 09:41.645 align:start I HAVE BEEN HAVING CONVERSATIONS 09:41.648 --> 09:44.815 align:start ON THE SENATE SIDE AS WELL. 09:44.818 --> 09:45.683 align:start I TALKED TO MANY SENATORS OVER 09:45.686 --> 09:46.750 align:start THE LAST WEEKS MAKING SURE THEY 09:46.753 --> 09:47.751 align:start UNDERSTAND THE TYPES OF THING WE 09:47.754 --> 09:49.186 align:start ARE WORKING ON. 09:49.189 --> 09:49.987 align:start WE'VE GOT TO CONTINUE WORKING 09:49.990 --> 09:52.256 align:start WITH THEM GOING FORWARD. 09:52.259 --> 09:52.590 align:start >>> A FOLLOW-UP TO LAST WEEK'S 09:52.593 --> 09:54.158 align:start PROGRAM. 09:54.161 --> 09:55.392 align:start UNION PACIFIC SAYS MORE THAN 50 09:55.395 --> 09:57.461 align:start TRAINS TRAVEL THROUGH TUCSON 09:57.464 --> 09:59.463 align:start EVERY DAY. 09:59.466 --> 10:02.466 align:start THE PORT OF TUCSON FUNCTIONS AS 10:02.469 --> 10:03.500 align:start A LOGISTICAL HUB FOR UNION 10:03.503 --> 10:05.269 align:start PACIFIC RAILROAD SHIPPING 10:05.272 --> 10:09.039 align:start RECEIVING LOADING AND UNLOADING. 10:09.042 --> 10:09.940 align:start NEARLY 60 LIFTS A DAY SAKES DAYS 10:09.943 --> 10:11.241 align:start A WEEK. 10:11.244 --> 10:14.612 align:start IT IS A TRANSPORTATION HU HUB 10:14.615 --> 10:16.480 align:start FOR TRAINS AND 18 WHEELERS. 10:16.483 --> 10:19.383 align:start LOCATED ALONG THE INTERSTATE 10:19.386 --> 10:22.286 align:start IT'S PRIVATELY OWNED BY THE 10:22.289 --> 10:23.354 align:start LEVINE FAMILY WHO WORKS CLOSELY 10:23.357 --> 10:24.922 align:start WITH THE GOVERNMENT AND THERE 10:24.925 --> 10:28.993 align:start ARE PLANS FOR EXPANSIONS. 10:28.996 --> 10:31.996 align:start >> THE PORT OF TUCSON IS ABOUT 10:31.999 --> 10:34.098 align:start AN 800 SQUARE MILE FACILITY. 10:34.101 --> 10:34.431 align:start WE ARE A CONTRACTOR WITH UNION 10:34.434 --> 10:35.766 align:start PACIFIC. 10:35.769 --> 10:38.102 align:start WE PROVIDE ANYTHING TO DO WITH 10:38.105 --> 10:38.502 align:start RAIL TO TRUCK AND TRUCK TO RAIL 10:38.505 --> 10:39.803 align:start CONNECTIONS. 10:39.806 --> 10:41.605 align:start IN THE BACKGROUND WE HAVE THE 10:41.608 --> 10:42.840 align:start SBE MODAL FACILITY WHERE WE PULL 10:42.843 --> 10:44.241 align:start THE CONTAINERS OFF OF THE 10:44.244 --> 10:45.709 align:start TRAIPSE AND MAKE THEM AVAILABLE 10:45.712 --> 10:46.377 align:start TO SHIPPING COMPANIES AND 10:46.380 --> 10:48.278 align:start CUSTOMERS IN THE AREA. 10:48.281 --> 10:49.013 align:start WE ALSO PUT THEM BECOME ON. 10:49.016 --> 10:50.914 align:start ADDITIONALLY WE HAVE OTHER 10:50.917 --> 10:52.516 align:start COMMODITIES THAT COME IN ON 10:52.519 --> 10:52.816 align:start BOXCARS, HOPPER CARS AND WHAT 10:52.819 --> 10:54.551 align:start NOT. 10:54.554 --> 10:55.486 align:start WHAT WE TRY TO BE IS A HUB OR A 10:55.489 --> 10:57.154 align:start CONNECTOR TO ANY OF THAT RAIL 10:57.157 --> 10:58.188 align:start TRAFFIC AND MAKE THAT ACCESSIBLE 10:58.191 --> 10:59.456 align:start TO SOUTHERN ARIZONA. 10:59.459 --> 11:01.291 align:start >> CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE LOGISTICS 11:01.294 --> 11:02.092 align:start OF ONCE THEY COME HERE, WHERE DO 11:02.095 --> 11:02.860 align:start THEY GO? 11:02.863 --> 11:06.730 align:start WHERE CAN THEY GO? 11:06.733 --> 11:08.332 align:start >> ONCE THEY COME INTO HERE, OR 11:08.335 --> 11:11.435 align:start LEAVE THE AREA THEY CAN GO DOWN 11:11.438 --> 11:14.204 align:start INTO MEXICO, INTO NORTHERN 11:14.207 --> 11:16.774 align:start MEXICO AND SONORA. 11:16.777 --> 11:19.143 align:start THEY GO ALL THE WAY TO PHOENIX. 11:19.146 --> 11:23.247 align:start WE ARE THE EXCLUSIVE CONTRACTOR 11:23.250 --> 11:23.580 align:start FOR INTERMODAL FOR SOUTHERN 11:23.583 --> 11:24.715 align:start ARIZONA. 11:24.718 --> 11:26.950 align:start ANYTHING GOING TO SOUTHERN 11:26.953 --> 11:27.317 align:start ARIZONA GOES THROUGH THIS 11:27.320 --> 11:28.585 align:start FACILITY. 11:28.588 --> 11:30.554 align:start GOING UP TO PHOENIX. 11:30.557 --> 11:31.822 align:start MAINLY IT'S REGIONAL, SOUTHERN 11:31.825 --> 11:34.692 align:start AS SKPAZ DOWN INTO MEXICO. 11:34.695 --> 11:36.627 align:start >> FAIR TO SAY SOME OF THE 18 11:36.630 --> 11:39.329 align:start WHEELERS GO OFF EAST TO THE REST 11:39.332 --> 11:42.566 align:start OF THE COUNTRY VIA I-10. 11:42.569 --> 11:45.102 align:start >> TYPICALLY ONCE THEY GO PAST 11:45.105 --> 11:46.170 align:start 600 TO 700 MILES THAT'S WHERE WE 11:46.173 --> 11:47.504 align:start WOULD RATHER HAVE THE TRUCKS OR 11:47.507 --> 11:48.472 align:start CONTAINERS ON A RAIL CAR. 11:48.475 --> 11:50.441 align:start THAT'S WHERE THE BENEFIT COMES 11:50.444 --> 11:52.042 align:start IN, IF IT IS A LONG HAUL YOU CAN 11:52.045 --> 11:54.678 align:start PUT THOSE CONTAINERS ON A RAIL 11:54.681 --> 11:57.014 align:start AND THEN SHIP THEM GOING EAST. 11:57.017 --> 11:58.182 align:start >> HOW MANY DIFFERENT VENDORS OR 11:58.185 --> 12:00.150 align:start CUSTOMERS DO YOU HAVE THAT ARE 12:00.153 --> 12:00.684 align:start FILTERING THROUGH THIS 12:00.687 --> 12:04.154 align:start LOGISTICAL HUB? 12:04.157 --> 12:06.757 align:start >> TECHNICALLY WE ONLY HAVE ONE, 12:06.760 --> 12:07.458 align:start AS THE CONTRACTOR TO UNION 12:07.461 --> 12:08.592 align:start PACIFIC WE ARE PROVIDING THAT 12:08.595 --> 12:10.027 align:start SERVICE TO THEM FOR THE 12:10.030 --> 12:11.428 align:start INTERMODAL CONTAINERS. 12:11.431 --> 12:14.164 align:start WHEN IT COMES TO THE OTHER TYPES 12:14.167 --> 12:15.165 align:start OF FREIGHT LIKE THE BOXCARS AND 12:15.168 --> 12:17.868 align:start WHATNOT WE HAVE 12 CUSTOMERS 12:17.871 --> 12:19.403 align:start THAT BRING IN VARIOUS THINGS 12:19.406 --> 12:21.004 align:start FROM SUGAR, FERTILIZER, ONE 12:21.007 --> 12:22.339 align:start CUSTOMER THAT BRINGS IN BEER 12:22.342 --> 12:23.807 align:start FROM MEXICO. 12:23.810 --> 12:25.109 align:start PROBABLY ABOUT 12 ON TOP OF WHAT 12:25.112 --> 12:26.777 align:start WE DID WITH UNION PACIFIC. 12:26.780 --> 12:27.911 align:start >> CAN YOU EXPLAIN HOW THAT 12:27.914 --> 12:29.880 align:start INTERNATIONAL CONNECTION REALLY 12:29.883 --> 12:31.381 align:start HAPPENS, KNOW, HERE IN TUCSON? 12:31.384 --> 12:35.152 align:start >> ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS ABOUT 12:35.155 --> 12:36.587 align:start TUCSON IS THAT IT'S OFF OF THE 12:36.590 --> 12:37.287 align:start UNION PACIFIC SUNSET ROUTE, 12:37.290 --> 12:41.425 align:start THEIR MAINLINE. 12:41.428 --> 12:42.793 align:start WHEN YOU SEE A TRAIN GOING WEST 12:42.796 --> 12:44.661 align:start BOUND TOWARDS LONG BEACH, 12:44.664 --> 12:46.797 align:start PROBABLY ANYWHERE BETWEEN 60 AND 12:46.800 --> 12:47.931 align:start 80% OF THOSE CONTAINERS ARE 12:47.934 --> 12:48.232 align:start EMPTY BECAUSE OF BALANCE OF 12:48.235 --> 12:50.801 align:start TRADE. 12:50.804 --> 12:52.402 align:start WHAT WE ENVISIONED HERE AND WHAT 12:52.405 --> 12:53.771 align:start DAD'S ORIGINAL VISION WAS IS TO 12:53.774 --> 12:56.173 align:start SAY THIS IS THE LAST -- OR THE 12:56.176 --> 12:57.674 align:start BEST PLACE FOR THOSE SHIPPING 12:57.677 --> 12:59.042 align:start CONTAINERS TO GET A LOAD GOING 12:59.045 --> 13:02.613 align:start BACK TO ASIA. 13:02.616 --> 13:04.548 align:start HELP TO BALANCE -- YOU KNOW, TO 13:04.551 --> 13:06.350 align:start ADDRESS THE BALANCE OF TRADE. 13:06.353 --> 13:07.851 align:start AND THEN SO BY PULLING THE 13:07.854 --> 13:09.887 align:start CONTAINERS OFF HERE, IT MAKES 13:09.890 --> 13:11.722 align:start THOSE AVAILABLE TO LOCAL 13:11.725 --> 13:13.957 align:start COMPANIES FOR LESS EXPENSIVE 13:13.960 --> 13:16.160 align:start FRAYED TO, SAY, CHINA, OR SOUTH 13:16.163 --> 13:17.928 align:start KOREA OR, SAY TAIWAN. 13:17.931 --> 13:20.764 align:start AND BECAUSE OF THAT, WE HAVE 13:20.767 --> 13:23.000 align:start COMPANIES THAT ARE SENDING, SAY, 13:23.003 --> 13:23.367 align:start RECYCLED MATERIALS IN CONTAINERS 13:23.370 --> 13:25.369 align:start OVERSEAS. 13:25.372 --> 13:27.471 align:start SO IT ALLOWS THEM TO ACCESS 13:27.474 --> 13:27.805 align:start MARKETS THEY WOULDN'T HAVE HAD 13:27.808 --> 13:29.640 align:start BEFORE. 13:29.643 --> 13:31.508 align:start >> WHAT IS THE PORT OF TUCSON 13:31.511 --> 13:33.043 align:start CAPABLE OF IN THE FUTURE? 13:33.046 --> 13:34.411 align:start >> IT IS AN INTERESTING QUESTION 13:34.414 --> 13:35.813 align:start BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT WE 13:35.816 --> 13:37.514 align:start REALLY WAKE UP EVERY MORNING AND 13:37.517 --> 13:39.082 align:start SAY WHAT'S THE TUNE THAT DAY? 13:39.085 --> 13:40.784 align:start WE DON'T REALLY HAVE A STRATEGIC 13:40.787 --> 13:44.054 align:start PLAN OTHER THAN THE FACT THAT WE 13:44.057 --> 13:45.923 align:start HAVE RAIL, WE HAVE LAND, WE HAVE 13:45.926 --> 13:46.657 align:start WAREHOUSING. 13:46.660 --> 13:47.558 align:start SOUTHERN ARIZONA IS GROWING AS A 13:47.561 --> 13:48.859 align:start LOGISTICS HUB HAD. 13:48.862 --> 13:51.628 align:start SO I THINK WHAT WE'LL SEE IS 13:51.631 --> 13:52.462 align:start JUST ANY OF THOSE LOGISTICS 13:52.465 --> 13:55.499 align:start OPPORTUNITIES FOR TRANSPORTATION 13:55.502 --> 13:56.834 align:start OPPORTUNITIES BOTH LOCAL AND 13:56.837 --> 13:57.668 align:start INTERNATIONAL, THAT'S WHAT WE 13:57.671 --> 14:00.170 align:start SEE THE GROWTH IN. 14:00.173 --> 14:02.873 align:start RIGHT NOW, WITH EXPANSION OF OUR 14:02.876 --> 14:04.675 align:start INFRASTRUCTURE WE ARE PROBABLY 14:04.678 --> 14:05.676 align:start ONLY AT MAYBE 15% CAPACITY OF 14:05.679 --> 14:07.811 align:start WHAT WE ARE CAPABLE OF. 14:07.814 --> 14:09.813 align:start SO WE ARE ABLE TO BRING ON NEW 14:09.816 --> 14:11.782 align:start BUSINESS VERY QUICKLY AS FAR AS 14:11.785 --> 14:13.116 align:start RAIL OR WAREHOUSING LOGISTICS. 14:13.119 --> 14:14.885 align:start REALLY, I THINK JUST A GROWTH IN 14:14.888 --> 14:15.886 align:start THE OVERALL LOGISTICS IN 14:15.889 --> 14:18.322 align:start SOUTHERN ARIZONA. 14:18.325 --> 14:19.857 align:start >> THERE ARE THE SKEPTICS OUT 14:19.860 --> 14:22.025 align:start THERE WILL SAY THAT THE TUCSON 14:22.028 --> 14:23.527 align:start ECONOMY IS CHALLENGED, THAT THE 14:23.530 --> 14:24.228 align:start RAIL INDUSTRY IS NOT WHAT IT 14:24.231 --> 14:25.629 align:start ONCE WAS. 14:25.632 --> 14:28.198 align:start WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THEM? 14:28.201 --> 14:29.633 align:start >> I'D SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, BY 14:29.636 --> 14:32.636 align:start THE NUMBERS WE SEE AND THE 14:32.639 --> 14:35.138 align:start VOLUMES WE SEE, THE NUMBERS TELL 14:35.141 --> 14:36.940 align:start A DIFFERENT STORY. 14:36.943 --> 14:39.343 align:start THE WAY THAT THE ACTUAL ACTIVITY 14:39.346 --> 14:39.843 align:start THAT'S GOING ON, IT IS A MUCH 14:39.846 --> 14:42.613 align:start DIFFERENT PICTURE. 14:42.616 --> 14:43.814 align:start THE VOLUMES FOR OUR INTERMODAL, 14:43.817 --> 14:45.115 align:start INCLUDING THE INTERNATIONAL, ARE 14:45.118 --> 14:46.750 align:start CONTINUING TO GROW. 14:46.753 --> 14:47.584 align:start ALL OF THE OTHER COMMODITIES ARE 14:47.587 --> 14:49.453 align:start CONTINUING TO GROW. 14:49.456 --> 14:51.154 align:start SO, REALLY, I'D SAY THAT, YOU 14:51.157 --> 14:53.257 align:start KNOW F THEY WANT A TOUR THEY CAN 14:53.260 --> 14:54.858 align:start COME OUT AND I CAN SHOW THEM 14:54.861 --> 14:56.593 align:start EXACTLY WHAT WE ARE DOING AND 14:56.596 --> 14:57.794 align:start HOW REAL VIBRANT THE RAIL 14:57.797 --> 14:58.161 align:start ACTIVITY IS FOR SOUTHERN 14:58.164 --> 15:00.530 align:start ARIZONA. 15:00.533 --> 15:01.298 align:start >> THE PORT OF TUCSON'S PRIMARY 15:01.301 --> 15:01.665 align:start CUSTOMER IS UNION PACIFIC 15:01.668 --> 15:03.300 align:start RAILROAD. 15:03.303 --> 15:05.402 align:start ON LAST WEEK'S PROGRAM WE SHOWED 15:05.405 --> 15:07.104 align:start YOU HUNDREDS OF PARKED 15:07.107 --> 15:09.873 align:start LOCOMOTIVES ALONG THE UNION 15:09.876 --> 15:10.207 align:start PACIFIC NETWORK HERE IN SOUTHERN 15:10.210 --> 15:11.275 align:start ARIZONA. 15:11.278 --> 15:12.609 align:start THIS COMPANY SAYS IT IS A RESULT 15:12.612 --> 15:14.845 align:start OF THE ECONOMY. 15:14.848 --> 15:16.680 align:start THE 310 LOCOMOTIVES ARE STORED 15:16.683 --> 15:18.215 align:start IN MAINTENANCE UNTIL THEY ARE 15:18.218 --> 15:20.150 align:start PUT BACK INTO SERVICE WHICH IS 15:20.153 --> 15:20.517 align:start SLOWLY HAPPENING AS THE ECONOMY 15:20.520 --> 15:24.821 align:start IMPROVES. 15:24.824 --> 15:25.756 align:start UNION PACIFIC'S SPOKESMAN 15:25.759 --> 15:26.056 align:start TRAVELLED FROM THIEUSTON TO 15:26.059 --> 15:28.825 align:start TEXAS. 15:28.828 --> 15:30.260 align:start HERE HE IS NOW WITH HOW THE 15:30.263 --> 15:31.161 align:start RAILROAD INDUSTRY USES THE PORT 15:31.164 --> 15:32.896 align:start OF TUCSON. 15:32.899 --> 15:33.430 align:start >> THE PORT IS VERY VALUABLE TO 15:33.433 --> 15:35.465 align:start UNION PACIFIC. 15:35.468 --> 15:36.934 align:start IT'S ONE OF OUR PARTNERS THAT'S 15:36.937 --> 15:37.267 align:start VERY IMPORTANT TO US IN THIS 15:37.270 --> 15:40.304 align:start REGION. 15:40.307 --> 15:43.006 align:start WHAT THIS LOCATION ALLOWS IS FOR 15:43.009 --> 15:45.742 align:start OUR CHAINS CARRYING CARGO TO 15:45.745 --> 15:48.245 align:start COME AND TRUCKS ACCESS THOSE 15:48.248 --> 15:50.414 align:start CONTAINERS AND TAKE THEM WHAT WE 15:50.417 --> 15:52.282 align:start CALL THE LAST MILE OFF THE TRAIN 15:52.285 --> 15:53.283 align:start TO DISTRIBUTION CENTERS AND 15:53.286 --> 15:54.618 align:start WAREHOUSES SO THOSE CUSTOMER 15:54.621 --> 15:55.385 align:start PRODUCTS CAN GET INTO THE HANDS 15:55.388 --> 15:56.887 align:start OF THE CUSTOMERS. 15:56.890 --> 15:59.690 align:start WORKING WITH THE PORT OF TUCSON 15:59.693 --> 16:02.192 align:start HERE HAS ALLOWED US TO SHOW YOUR 16:02.195 --> 16:03.427 align:start CUSTOMERS, THE PEEP THAT SHIP ON 16:03.430 --> 16:07.230 align:start OUR TRAINS HOW EFFICIENT WE CAN 16:07.233 --> 16:08.332 align:start BE BY TAKING THEIR GOODS A LONG 16:08.335 --> 16:10.033 align:start DISTANCE AND GETTING THEM TO A 16:10.036 --> 16:11.034 align:start PLACE LIKE THE PORT OF TUCSON 16:11.037 --> 16:12.803 align:start WHERE THEY CAN GET LOADED AND 16:12.806 --> 16:13.904 align:start SORTED OUT AND INTO THEIR 16:13.907 --> 16:15.205 align:start CUSTOMERS' HANDS VERY QUICKLY 16:15.208 --> 16:18.175 align:start AND EFFICIENTLY. 16:18.178 --> 16:20.477 align:start >> WHAT SORTS OF CARGO COMES OFF 16:20.480 --> 16:23.413 align:start THE BOXCARS AND BOARDS TO SEMIS. 16:23.416 --> 16:26.016 align:start >> WHAT YOU SEE HERE AT PORT OF 16:26.019 --> 16:27.651 align:start TUCSON WE HAVE TWO KINDS OF 16:27.654 --> 16:30.554 align:start TRAINS THAT USE THIS FACILITY. 16:30.557 --> 16:32.289 align:start ONE IS THE INTERMODAL TRAINS 16:32.292 --> 16:34.958 align:start WHICH CARRY THE LARGE CARGO 16:34.961 --> 16:35.726 align:start CONTAINERS THAT YOU SEE COMING 16:35.729 --> 16:37.527 align:start INTO BIG SHIPS FROM THE OCEAN. 16:37.530 --> 16:39.129 align:start THEY GET LOADED ON A TRAIN AT A 16:39.132 --> 16:40.497 align:start PORT ALONE THE COAST. 16:40.500 --> 16:42.933 align:start WE BRING THEM ACROSS THE COUNTRY 16:42.936 --> 16:43.233 align:start TO A PLACE LIKE PORT OF TUCSON 16:43.236 --> 16:44.267 align:start HERE. 16:44.270 --> 16:45.469 align:start THEY HAVE CRANES THAT WILL TAKE 16:45.472 --> 16:47.437 align:start THOSE CONTAINERS OFF OF THE 16:47.440 --> 16:47.738 align:start TRAIN AND DROP THEM ON TO A SEMI 16:47.741 --> 16:49.639 align:start TRUCK. 16:49.642 --> 16:50.741 align:start THAT TRUCK WILL TAKE IT TO A 16:50.744 --> 16:51.108 align:start DISTRIBUTION CENTER OR 16:51.111 --> 16:53.977 align:start WAREHOUSE. 16:53.980 --> 16:54.678 align:start INSIDE THAT CARGO CONTAINER CAN 16:54.681 --> 16:55.445 align:start BE JUST ABOUT ANYTHING THAT A 16:55.448 --> 16:56.613 align:start CONSUMER WOULD ORDER. 16:56.616 --> 16:58.415 align:start WHETHER IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU 16:58.418 --> 17:00.517 align:start ORDERED FROM AN ONLINE RETAILER, 17:00.520 --> 17:02.219 align:start YOU KNOW, FURNITURE, A BOOK, OR 17:02.222 --> 17:04.755 align:start ANY CLOTHING, THINGS LIKE THAT. 17:04.758 --> 17:07.991 align:start AS WELL AS SOME LARGER ITEMS 17:07.994 --> 17:11.628 align:start LIKE APPLIANCES OR HEAVY 17:11.631 --> 17:14.031 align:start EQUIPMENT CAN GET SHIPPED IN 17:14.034 --> 17:15.399 align:start THESE KIND OF CONTAINERS. 17:15.402 --> 17:17.801 align:start A LOT OF CONSUMER DRIVEN 17:17.804 --> 17:18.301 align:start PRODUCTS COME ON BOARD THESE 17:18.304 --> 17:19.336 align:start CARGO CONTAINERS. 17:19.339 --> 17:22.105 align:start THE OTHER TYPE OF TRAINS WE SEE 17:22.108 --> 17:24.141 align:start HERE AT THE PORT OF TUCSON ARE 17:24.144 --> 17:24.608 align:start WHAT WE CALL OUR MANIFEST 17:24.611 --> 17:26.510 align:start TRAINS. 17:26.513 --> 17:28.412 align:start THE BOXCAR TYPES OF TRAINS. 17:28.415 --> 17:29.146 align:start THEY ARE HAULING GOODS, WHETHER 17:29.149 --> 17:30.147 align:start IT'S AGRICULTURE PRODUCTS OR 17:30.150 --> 17:32.582 align:start FOOD AND BEVERAGE. 17:32.585 --> 17:34.785 align:start WE SHIP A LOT OF BEER AND 17:34.788 --> 17:38.922 align:start ALCOHOL ON OUR TRAINS THAT GET 17:38.925 --> 17:41.324 align:start TO PLACES LIKE HERE AT THE PORT 17:41.327 --> 17:43.060 align:start OF TUCSON WHERE THEY ARE LOADED 17:43.063 --> 17:43.894 align:start ONTO TRUCKS AND SEND OUT TO 17:43.897 --> 17:46.963 align:start DISTRIBUTION CENTERS. 17:46.966 --> 17:48.098 align:start THIS FACILITY ALLOWS US TO 17:48.101 --> 17:49.099 align:start INTERACT WITH OTHER MODES OF 17:49.102 --> 17:52.369 align:start TRANSPORTATION LIKE TRUCKS SO WE 17:52.372 --> 17:53.904 align:start CAN GET THOSE PRODUCTS INTO THE 17:53.907 --> 17:55.772 align:start HANDS OF THE CONSUMERS. 17:55.775 --> 17:58.208 align:start >> YOU JUST MENTIONED IT COMES 17:58.211 --> 17:59.810 align:start IN OFF OF A SHIP THAT MEANS FROM 17:59.813 --> 18:01.545 align:start CHINA, UNION PACIFIC, TO 18:01.548 --> 18:02.512 align:start PRODUCTS HERE IN THE U.S. 18:02.515 --> 18:05.148 align:start CAN YOU EXPLAIN THIS IS ACTUALLY 18:05.151 --> 18:05.449 align:start A COMPONENT OF WORK FOR YOU 18:05.452 --> 18:06.249 align:start GUYS. 18:06.252 --> 18:07.818 align:start >> ABSOLUTELY. 18:07.821 --> 18:08.385 align:start UNION PACIFIC IS A KEY PLAYER IN 18:08.388 --> 18:09.719 align:start INTERNATIONAL TRADE. 18:09.722 --> 18:13.323 align:start YOU KNOW ARC OF THE LO OF THE 18:13.326 --> 18:15.125 align:start PRODUCTS AND ITEMS THAT WE 18:15.128 --> 18:16.960 align:start CONSUME OR THAT BUY HERE IN THE 18:16.963 --> 18:18.829 align:start UNITED STATES COMES AND IS 18:18.832 --> 18:20.097 align:start MANUFACTURED OVERSEAS AND THOSE 18:20.100 --> 18:22.299 align:start PRODUCTS NEED TO GET INTO THE 18:22.302 --> 18:22.632 align:start HANDS OF THE CONSUMERS HERE IN 18:22.635 --> 18:24.267 align:start AMERICA. 18:24.270 --> 18:25.902 align:start AND A LOT OF TIMES THEY WILL BE 18:25.905 --> 18:26.903 align:start SHIPPED OVER IN BARGES. 18:26.906 --> 18:29.106 align:start AND THOSE LARGE CONTAINERS NEED 18:29.109 --> 18:30.273 align:start TO GET FROM THE COAST TO THE 18:30.276 --> 18:31.408 align:start INTERIOR OF THE UNITED STATES. 18:31.411 --> 18:32.876 align:start AND THAT'S WHERE FREIGHT RAIL 18:32.879 --> 18:34.144 align:start COMES INTO PLAY. 18:34.147 --> 18:35.879 align:start AND THAT'S THE VALUE OF THE 18:35.882 --> 18:38.248 align:start SERVICE THAT WE PROVIDE. 18:38.251 --> 18:40.250 align:start BECAUSE LARGE VOLUMES OF THOSE 18:40.253 --> 18:41.985 align:start MATERIALS CAN NOW COME IN AND BE 18:41.988 --> 18:44.221 align:start DELIVERED FILES AND MILES AND 18:44.224 --> 18:46.423 align:start MILES AND MILES FROM ANY SEAPORT 18:46.426 --> 18:48.492 align:start HERE IN THE UNITED STATES. 18:48.495 --> 18:48.959 align:start SO WE CAN FACILITATE THAT 18:48.962 --> 18:52.028 align:start TRANSPORTATION. 18:52.031 --> 18:53.296 align:start WE CAN PLAY THAT ROLE IN GETTING 18:53.299 --> 18:54.865 align:start GOODS FROM MANUFACTURERS INTO 18:54.868 --> 18:57.000 align:start THE HANDS OF THE CONSUMERS. 18:57.003 --> 19:00.270 align:start >> IT SOUND TO ME LIKE UNION 19:00.273 --> 19:03.507 align:start PACIFIC IS GROWING, IS BECOMING 19:03.510 --> 19:05.041 align:start MORE INNOVATIVE WITH 19:05.044 --> 19:05.509 align:start COLLABORATIONS LIKE THIS ONE. 19:05.512 --> 19:06.877 align:start IS THAT CORRECT? 19:06.880 --> 19:08.812 align:start >> FOR UNION PACIFIC, WE'VE BEEN 19:08.815 --> 19:11.448 align:start AROUND FOR MORE THAN 150 YEARS. 19:11.451 --> 19:13.049 align:start AND WE ARE SURVIVED AND GROWN 19:13.052 --> 19:13.783 align:start THROUGH THOSE YEARS THROUGH 19:13.786 --> 19:16.520 align:start COLLABORATIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS. 19:16.523 --> 19:17.020 align:start YOU KNOW, INITIALLY HERE WITHIN 19:17.023 --> 19:18.688 align:start THE UNITED STATES. 19:18.691 --> 19:20.223 align:start AND NOW AS THE ECONOMY IS GOING 19:20.226 --> 19:22.058 align:start GLOBAL FOR EVERYONE, WE ARE 19:22.061 --> 19:22.359 align:start WORKING WITH GLOBAL PARTNERS AS 19:22.362 --> 19:22.926 align:start WELL. 19:22.929 --> 19:25.795 align:start AND THAT'S THE FUTURE. 19:25.798 --> 19:27.764 align:start YOU KNOW, AS WE SEE MORE GLOBAL 19:27.767 --> 19:28.932 align:start COMMERCE AND GLOBAL ECONOMY, 19:28.935 --> 19:30.934 align:start THOSE GOODS NEED TO BE SHIPPED. 19:30.937 --> 19:34.804 align:start AND UNION PACIFIC IS PREPARED TO 19:34.807 --> 19:36.072 align:start TAKE ON THOSE CHALLENGES AS WE 19:36.075 --> 19:39.676 align:start EMBRACE A GLOBAL MARKETPLACE. 19:39.679 --> 19:40.810 align:start WE -- WE TALK ABOUT THE 19:40.813 --> 19:41.778 align:start ELECTRONIC AGE AND DIGITAL 19:41.781 --> 19:44.347 align:start ECONOMY AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 19:44.350 --> 19:45.782 align:start AND YOU KNOW, AS MUCH TIME AS WE 19:45.785 --> 19:47.417 align:start MAY SPEND ON THE INTERNET DOING 19:47.420 --> 19:49.286 align:start OUR BANKING, ORDERING, AND 19:49.289 --> 19:51.955 align:start PAYING FOR THINGS, THERE COMES A 19:51.958 --> 19:52.656 align:start POINT IN TIME WHEN THOSE GOODS 19:52.659 --> 19:53.890 align:start ACTUALLY HAVE TO BE DELIVERED 19:53.893 --> 19:55.825 align:start AND DISTRIBUTED. 19:55.828 --> 19:56.593 align:start THAT'S WHERE UNION PACIFIC PLAYS 19:56.596 --> 19:58.094 align:start ITS PART. 19:58.097 --> 19:58.395 align:start YOU CAN ORDER AND DO THINGS ON 19:58.398 --> 19:59.596 align:start LINE. 19:59.599 --> 20:01.198 align:start BUT YOU CAN'T DELIVER SOMETHING 20:01.201 --> 20:02.632 align:start ON LINE. 20:02.635 --> 20:04.601 align:start THAT'S WHERE FREIGHT RAIL AND 20:04.604 --> 20:05.535 align:start OUR PARTNERS IN OTHER MODES OF 20:05.538 --> 20:07.103 align:start TRANSPORTATION COME INTO PLAY. 20:07.106 --> 20:08.171 align:start >> WHERE DOES ARIZONA FIT IN THE 20:08.174 --> 20:10.407 align:start GROWTH OF UNION PACIFIC? 20:10.410 --> 20:11.341 align:start IT SOUNDS LIKE IT'S GROWING. 20:11.344 --> 20:13.944 align:start >> ABSOLUTELY. 20:13.947 --> 20:14.811 align:start OUR PRESENCE HERE IN ARIZONA IS 20:14.814 --> 20:17.080 align:start GROWING. 20:17.083 --> 20:17.414 align:start ARIZONA IS A KEY AREA FOR UNION 20:17.417 --> 20:18.415 align:start PACIFIC. 20:18.418 --> 20:20.350 align:start WE ARE SEEING A LEFT DEVELOPMENT 20:20.353 --> 20:23.220 align:start AND GROWTH ALONG THE BORDER. 20:23.223 --> 20:24.454 align:start AND HAVING ARIZONA BEING A 20:24.457 --> 20:25.355 align:start BUSINESS FRIEND LAE ENVIRONMENT, 20:25.358 --> 20:26.289 align:start YOU ARE SEEING A LOT OF 20:26.292 --> 20:27.357 align:start INDUSTRIES THAT ARE BEING 20:27.360 --> 20:29.025 align:start ATTRACTED HERE. 20:29.028 --> 20:31.695 align:start AND UNION PACIFIC WANTS TO HELP 20:31.698 --> 20:34.664 align:start THOSE INDUSTRIES GROW BY 20:34.667 --> 20:36.333 align:start PROVIDING MASS VOLUME LOGISTICS 20:36.336 --> 20:37.634 align:start THAT WE CAN OFFER THROUGH 20:37.637 --> 20:42.872 align:start FREIGHT RAIL. 20:42.875 --> 20:43.607 align:start SO AS ARIZONA GROWS UNION 20:43.610 --> 20:44.074 align:start PACIFIC WILL BE HERE TO SUPPORT 20:44.077 --> 20:45.375 align:start THAT GROWTH. 20:45.378 --> 20:46.977 align:start HOPEFULLY OUR PRESENCE HERE ALSO 20:46.980 --> 20:47.911 align:start MAKES ARIZONA AN ATTRACTIVE 20:47.914 --> 20:49.079 align:start PIECE FOR OTHER INDUSTRIES TO 20:49.082 --> 20:50.847 align:start LOCATE HERE AND TAKE ADVANTAGE 20:50.850 --> 20:51.381 align:start OF THE SERVICES THAT WE ARE 20:51.384 --> 20:53.450 align:start OFFERING. 20:53.453 --> 20:54.851 align:start ADDITIONALLY, JUST LOGISTICALLY 20:54.854 --> 20:56.286 align:start SPEAKING, ARIZONA SITS IN A 20:56.289 --> 20:58.154 align:start PRIME LOCATION FOR THE 20:58.157 --> 21:00.557 align:start TRANSPORTATION OF OUR GOODS, YOU 21:00.560 --> 21:01.791 align:start KNOW, ACROSS THE COUNTRY. 21:01.794 --> 21:04.294 align:start ARIZONA SITS RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE 21:04.297 --> 21:05.795 align:start OF WHAT WE CALL OUR SUNSET 21:05.798 --> 21:07.397 align:start SERVICE UNIT, WHICH CONNECTS LOS 21:07.400 --> 21:09.566 align:start ANGELES ALL THE WAY INTO TEXAS. 21:09.569 --> 21:11.067 align:start AND SO MAINTAINING OUR PRESENCE, 21:11.070 --> 21:12.435 align:start MAINTAINING OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, 21:12.438 --> 21:14.504 align:start USING OUR CAPITAL DOLLARS TO 21:14.507 --> 21:15.672 align:start MAKE SURE THAT OUR 21:15.675 --> 21:16.906 align:start INFRASTRUCTURE STAYS IN THE BEST 21:16.909 --> 21:18.642 align:start SHAPE POSSIBLE SO THAT WE CAN 21:18.645 --> 21:21.311 align:start CONTINUE THAT THOROUGHFARE 21:21.314 --> 21:22.312 align:start THROUGH THE STATE, THAT'S OF 21:22.315 --> 21:22.646 align:start HUGE IMPORTANCE FOR UNION 21:22.649 --> 21:24.147 align:start PACIFIC. 21:24.150 --> 21:25.915 align:start >> SO WHAT'S THE FUTURE OF RAIL? 21:25.918 --> 21:27.851 align:start WHAT ARE SOME OF THE CHALLENGES? 21:27.854 --> 21:29.185 align:start FOR MORE ON THAT I'M JOINED BY 21:29.188 --> 21:31.288 align:start ERIC ANDERSON THE TRANSPORTATION 21:31.291 --> 21:33.123 align:start DIRECTOR FOR THE MARICOPA 21:33.126 --> 21:36.660 align:start ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENTS. 21:36.663 --> 21:39.229 align:start HE JOINS US VIA OUR SISTER 21:39.232 --> 21:41.131 align:start STATION IN PHOENIX, KAAT. 21:41.134 --> 21:41.464 align:start ERIC, THANKS FOR JOINING US 21:41.467 --> 21:42.732 align:start TODAY. 21:42.735 --> 21:44.234 align:start >> THANK YOU, GLAD TO BE HERE. 21:44.237 --> 21:45.502 align:start >> ERIC, LET'S TALK ABOUT RAIL 21:45.505 --> 21:48.505 align:start INDUSTRY IN ARIZONA. 21:48.508 --> 21:50.273 align:start HOW SIGNIFICANT IS IT? 21:50.276 --> 21:53.043 align:start HAS IT GROEB OVER THE YEARS? 21:53.046 --> 21:54.444 align:start >> IT HAS GROWN, AS THE 21:54.447 --> 21:54.978 align:start STATEWIDE ECONOMY HAS -- 21:54.981 --> 21:57.180 align:start CONTINUES TO GROW. 21:57.183 --> 22:00.617 align:start BOTH IMPORTS AND EXPORTS USING 22:00.620 --> 22:00.884 align:start RAIL HAVE CONTINUED TO GROW, 22:00.887 --> 22:06.356 align:start TOO. 22:06.359 --> 22:07.691 align:start ESPECIALLY ON THE FREIGHT SIDE. 22:07.694 --> 22:09.626 align:start THROUGHOUT ARIZONA. 22:09.629 --> 22:11.227 align:start THERE'S A LOT OF TRAINS GOING 22:11.230 --> 22:13.096 align:start THROUGH FLAGSTAFF. 22:13.099 --> 22:14.197 align:start AT ONE POINT PRIOR TO THE 22:14.200 --> 22:16.533 align:start RECESSION THERE WERE ALMOST 140 22:16.536 --> 22:20.003 align:start TRAINS A DAY GOING THROUGH THE 22:20.006 --> 22:20.937 align:start FLAGSTAFF AREA ON THE NSF LINE 22:20.940 --> 22:25.275 align:start UP THERE. 22:25.278 --> 22:27.243 align:start THEN THE EUN PACIFIC MAIN LINE 22:27.246 --> 22:28.812 align:start WHICH GOES THROUGH TUCSON HAS 22:28.815 --> 22:30.380 align:start ABOUT 60 TRAINS A DAY. 22:30.383 --> 22:32.449 align:start A LOT OF ACTIVITY IN THE STATE. 22:32.452 --> 22:34.851 align:start WHAT HE IS THE PROJECTION OR 22:34.854 --> 22:36.252 align:start HOPE WHEN IT COMES TO PASSENGER 22:36.255 --> 22:37.954 align:start COMMUTER RAIL. 22:37.957 --> 22:39.889 align:start OBVIOUSLY IN PHOENIX WE HAVE 26 22:39.892 --> 22:42.659 align:start MILES OF LATE RAIL NOW. 22:42.662 --> 22:43.360 align:start TUCSON HAS A MODERN STREET CAR 22:43.363 --> 22:46.563 align:start RUN INTO DOWNTOWN. 22:46.566 --> 22:49.232 align:start HERE IN THE PHOENIX AREA, 22:49.235 --> 22:49.666 align:start RIDERSHIP HAS EXCEEDED ALL 22:49.669 --> 22:50.900 align:start EXPECTATIONS. 22:50.903 --> 22:52.302 align:start I THINK IT'S A GOOD SIGN THAT 22:52.305 --> 22:56.039 align:start PEOPLE REALLY UNDERSTAND THE 22:56.042 --> 22:59.676 align:start ROLE OF WHAT WE CALL FIXED 22:59.679 --> 23:00.009 align:start GUIDEWAY TRANSIT LIKE LIGHT RAIL 23:00.012 --> 23:01.911 align:start TRANSIT. 23:01.914 --> 23:04.280 align:start OUR PLANS ARE TO CONTINUE TO 23:04.283 --> 23:06.816 align:start EXPAND THAT IN THE METRO AREA 23:06.819 --> 23:08.718 align:start BOTH TO THE NORTH, THE NORTHWEST 23:08.721 --> 23:09.018 align:start AND THE WEST PART OF THE VALLEY 23:09.021 --> 23:11.588 align:start HERE. 23:11.591 --> 23:13.456 align:start SO VERY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THAT. 23:13.459 --> 23:16.626 align:start AND THEN WE'VE DONE A LOT OF 23:16.629 --> 23:20.363 align:start PLANNING FOR PASSENGER RAIL ON 23:20.366 --> 23:22.532 align:start THE RAIL LINES, COMMUTER RAIL, 23:22.535 --> 23:24.033 align:start CUSTOM WOULD COMPLIMENT, 23:24.036 --> 23:25.702 align:start HOPEFULLY AT SOME POINT IN THE 23:25.705 --> 23:26.870 align:start FUTURE WE WILL HAVE GOOD 23:26.873 --> 23:28.705 align:start PASSENGER SERVICE BETWEEN TUCSON 23:28.708 --> 23:30.607 align:start AND PHOENIX, TOO. 23:30.610 --> 23:32.675 align:start SO COMMUTER RAIL IS SOMETHING 23:32.678 --> 23:35.245 align:start THAT, IT MAY BE TEN-PLUS YEARS 23:35.248 --> 23:36.713 align:start OFF INTO THE HORIZON HERE IN THE 23:36.716 --> 23:40.383 align:start METRO AREA, BUT WE ALSO THINK 23:40.386 --> 23:41.151 align:start THAT'S GOING TO BE AN IMPORTANT 23:41.154 --> 23:43.920 align:start PART OF OUR TRANSPORTATION 23:43.923 --> 23:44.254 align:start SYSTEM MOVING FORWARD IN THE 23:44.257 --> 23:44.888 align:start FUTURE. 23:44.891 --> 23:45.522 align:start >> YOU TAKE CARS OFF THE 23:45.525 --> 23:46.756 align:start INTERSTATES AND OFF THE 23:46.759 --> 23:48.324 align:start HIGHWAYS, YOU PUT THEM ON RAIL 23:48.327 --> 23:49.759 align:start AND THAT JUST MAKES THINGS A 23:49.762 --> 23:50.560 align:start LITTLE BIT EASIER FOR PEOPLE. 23:50.563 --> 23:53.129 align:start >> IT CERTAINLY DOES. 23:53.132 --> 23:54.164 align:start WE SAW THE EVIDENCE OF THAT WHEN 23:54.167 --> 23:57.233 align:start WE HAD SOME MAJOR EVENTS HERE, 23:57.236 --> 23:59.869 align:start THE FINAL FOUR AND SUPER BOWL. 23:59.872 --> 24:01.538 align:start DURING THE SUPER BOWL WEEKEND, 24:01.541 --> 24:03.506 align:start LIGHT RAIL CARRIED 125,000 24:03.509 --> 24:05.208 align:start PERSONS IN ONE DAY. 24:05.211 --> 24:07.877 align:start AND THERE IS JUST NO WAY YOU CAN 24:07.880 --> 24:09.212 align:start MOVE THAT MASSIVE NUMBER OF 24:09.215 --> 24:10.814 align:start PEOPLE IN AND OUT OF THE 24:10.817 --> 24:11.147 align:start DOWNTOWN PHOENIX AREA AS AN 24:11.150 --> 24:15.251 align:start EXAMPLE. 24:15.254 --> 24:16.519 align:start SO AS WE CONTINUE TO BUILD UP, 24:16.522 --> 24:18.922 align:start OUR HIGHWAY CAPACITY CAN'T 24:18.925 --> 24:20.523 align:start CONTINUE TO EXPAND. 24:20.526 --> 24:20.924 align:start IT WOULD CREATE UNSAFE 24:20.927 --> 24:22.325 align:start CONDITIONS. 24:22.328 --> 24:22.625 align:start YOU CAN'T JUST KEEP ADDING 24:22.628 --> 24:24.561 align:start LANES. 24:24.564 --> 24:27.797 align:start SO YOU REALLY HAVE TO LOOK AT 24:27.800 --> 24:29.899 align:start THE NEXT OPTION, CUSTOM IS HIGH 24:29.902 --> 24:33.403 align:start CAPACITY TRANSIT, EITHER HEAVY 24:33.406 --> 24:36.940 align:start RAIL USING THE UNION PACIFIC AND 24:36.943 --> 24:39.375 align:start THE NSF LINES OR LIGHT RAIL, 24:39.378 --> 24:41.578 align:start WHICH IN THIS AREA IS ACTUALLY 24:41.581 --> 24:43.780 align:start IN THE STREET. 24:43.783 --> 24:46.149 align:start BOTH THOSE MODES HAVE A LOT OF 24:46.152 --> 24:46.483 align:start CAPACITY TO CARRY A LOT OF 24:46.486 --> 24:48.351 align:start PEOPLE. 24:48.354 --> 24:49.319 align:start AND THAT REALLY DOES RELIEVE 24:49.322 --> 24:51.554 align:start SOME OF THE -- SOME OF THE 24:51.557 --> 24:51.888 align:start PROBLEMS WE HAVE ON THE FREEWAY 24:51.891 --> 24:54.157 align:start SYSTEM. 24:54.160 --> 24:56.059 align:start HERE IN METRO PHOENIX WE ARE 24:56.062 --> 24:57.794 align:start ALWAYS GOING TO HAVE CONGESTION. 24:57.797 --> 24:59.662 align:start THERE ARE TOO MANY PEOPLE 24:59.665 --> 25:00.230 align:start WANTING TO GO TO THE SAME PLACE 25:00.233 --> 25:02.665 align:start AT THE SAME TIME. 25:02.668 --> 25:03.066 align:start SO THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE 25:03.069 --> 25:05.635 align:start CONGESTION. 25:05.638 --> 25:07.537 align:start BUT THE RAIL ALTERNATIVE DOES 25:07.540 --> 25:09.873 align:start PROVIDE PEOPLE WITH OPTIONS. 25:09.876 --> 25:12.175 align:start AND SO THEY CAN GET OUT OF 25:12.178 --> 25:13.943 align:start TRAFFIC, ENJOY A NICE RIDE ON 25:13.946 --> 25:14.344 align:start THE TRAIN AND GET TO WHERE THEY 25:14.347 --> 25:16.179 align:start WANT TO GO. 25:16.182 --> 25:19.782 align:start >> DOES ARIZONA HAVE THE 25:19.785 --> 25:20.817 align:start INFRASTRUCTURE, THE ECONOMY, 25:20.820 --> 25:23.152 align:start EVEN THE LEADERSHIP TO SUSTAIN 25:23.155 --> 25:23.720 align:start PLANS FOR GROWTH WHEN IT COMES 25:23.723 --> 25:24.420 align:start TO RAIL. 25:24.423 --> 25:26.389 align:start >> FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION ON 25:26.392 --> 25:29.659 align:start RAIL IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. 25:29.662 --> 25:32.262 align:start THE MINDS HERE IN ARIZONA ARE 25:32.265 --> 25:33.530 align:start EXTENSIVE USERS OF THE FREIGHT 25:33.533 --> 25:34.797 align:start RAIL SYSTEM. 25:34.800 --> 25:38.234 align:start AND SO WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO 25:38.237 --> 25:40.503 align:start MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE HEALTHY 25:40.506 --> 25:43.273 align:start INFRASTRUCTURE IN THAT REGARD. 25:43.276 --> 25:44.541 align:start BUT AS IN THE CASE IN MANY AREAS 25:44.544 --> 25:46.609 align:start IN TRANSPORTATION, FUNDING 25:46.612 --> 25:49.145 align:start CONTINUES TO BE A CHALLENGE. 25:49.148 --> 25:51.114 align:start WE'RE ALWAYS TRYING TO 25:51.117 --> 25:52.749 align:start PRIORITIZE PROJECTS, MATCH THEM 25:52.752 --> 25:56.019 align:start UP WITH AVAILABLE FUNDING. 25:56.022 --> 25:57.887 align:start AND UNFORTUNATELY, SOMETIMES THE 25:57.890 --> 25:59.355 align:start RAIL PROJECTS ARE A LITTLE 25:59.358 --> 25:59.756 align:start BIT -- GO DOWN THAT LIST A 25:59.759 --> 26:02.926 align:start LITTLE BIT. 26:02.929 --> 26:03.259 align:start SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO LOOK FOR 26:03.262 --> 26:07.163 align:start FUNDING. 26:07.166 --> 26:09.399 align:start ESPECIALLY THE PHOENIX/TUCSON 26:09.402 --> 26:10.667 align:start PASSENGER RAIL PROJECT IN 26:10.670 --> 26:11.768 align:start PARTICULAR WILL REQUIRE A 26:11.771 --> 26:14.771 align:start SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT BY THE 26:14.774 --> 26:15.104 align:start STATE TO GET THAT OFF THE 26:15.107 --> 26:16.839 align:start GROUND. 26:16.842 --> 26:19.709 align:start >> ASIDE FROM FUNDING BEING ONE 26:19.712 --> 26:20.677 align:start OF THE CHALLENGES, DOES 26:20.680 --> 26:22.312 align:start ENVIRONMENTAL COMPONENTS AS WELL 26:22.315 --> 26:23.746 align:start PLAY A ROLE IN THIS? 26:23.749 --> 26:25.348 align:start >> CERTAINLY THE ENVIRONMENTAL 26:25.351 --> 26:26.950 align:start KPOEN RENTS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT, 26:26.953 --> 26:29.218 align:start ESPECIALLY IF WE ARE LOOKING AT 26:29.221 --> 26:31.054 align:start NEW RAIL CORRIDORS. 26:31.057 --> 26:32.288 align:start ON THE COMMUTER RAIL SIDE IT'S 26:32.291 --> 26:36.359 align:start ANTICIPATED THAT THE COMMUTER 26:36.362 --> 26:37.694 align:start RAIL OPERATIONS WILL HOPEFULLY 26:37.697 --> 26:41.164 align:start OPERATE IN THE SAME RAILROAD 26:41.167 --> 26:42.765 align:start CORRIDORS THAT WE HAVE TODAY. 26:42.768 --> 26:44.467 align:start LIGHT RAIL IS -- IN THIS REGION 26:44.470 --> 26:45.335 align:start IS RUNNING IN THE STREETS FOR 26:45.338 --> 26:47.170 align:start THE MOST PART. 26:47.173 --> 26:50.373 align:start AND SO THE ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES 26:50.376 --> 26:51.574 align:start ARE A LITTLE BIT LESS 26:51.577 --> 26:52.809 align:start SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE YOU ARE 26:52.812 --> 26:53.843 align:start ALREADY HAVING KIND OF A 26:53.846 --> 26:54.177 align:start DISTURBED ENVIRONMENT IN THAT 26:54.180 --> 26:55.445 align:start REGARD. 26:55.448 --> 26:57.113 align:start >> WE OFTEN HEAR IN A THE RAIL 26:57.116 --> 26:57.380 align:start INDUSTRY IS NOT WHAT IT USED TO 26:57.383 --> 26:59.015 align:start BE. 26:59.018 --> 27:00.984 align:start BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE IT IS, IT'S 27:00.987 --> 27:01.384 align:start JUST CHANGING, IT'S TAKING ON A 27:01.387 --> 27:03.019 align:start NEW FORM. 27:03.022 --> 27:05.254 align:start >> I THINK THAT'S TRUE. 27:05.257 --> 27:09.025 align:start I THINK THAT THE RAIL INDUSTRY 27:09.028 --> 27:09.459 align:start CONTINUES TO ADVANCE WITH BETTER 27:09.462 --> 27:11.060 align:start TECHNOLOGIES. 27:11.063 --> 27:12.996 align:start ONE OF THE THINGS WE ARE LOOKING 27:12.999 --> 27:15.298 align:start FORWARD TO IS POSITIVE TRAIN 27:15.301 --> 27:18.901 align:start CONTROL, WHICH HOPEFULLY WILL 27:18.904 --> 27:21.337 align:start PROVIDE EXTRA LEVEL OF SAFETY 27:21.340 --> 27:22.505 align:start FOR -- FOR THE RAILROAD INDUSTRY 27:22.508 --> 27:24.741 align:start IN ARIZONA. 27:24.744 --> 27:28.177 align:start ACTUALLY A NATIONAL -- A 27:28.180 --> 27:30.279 align:start NATIONWIDE OBJECTIVE. 27:30.282 --> 27:33.182 align:start BUT ESPECIALLY AS WE MOVE INTO 27:33.185 --> 27:34.550 align:start THE MORE PASSENGER RAIL 27:34.553 --> 27:35.518 align:start ACTIVITY, SAFETY IS GOING TO 27:35.521 --> 27:36.085 align:start BECOME EVEN MORE IMPORTANT IN 27:36.088 --> 27:37.320 align:start THE FUTURE. 27:37.323 --> 27:40.356 align:start >> AND THAT'S OUR PROGRAM. 27:40.359 --> 27:41.624 align:start FOR ALL OF US AT ARIZONA PUBLIC 27:41.627 --> 27:43.526 align:start MEDIA I'M LORRAINE RIVERA.