we're facing here as a humanity is this unfiltered huge amount of the information that internet gives assn and it develops with such a pace that our brains aren't. actually sit to today just deducing it's true. will is to have the basement digest many into fact. this is a i mean i don't agree with those people who has actually affecting the brain very much but it is making is that they hard for people to. views of what is important and what is. this is a sort of cultural which we need to be concerned about so. you are saying that the possible next evolutionary step will be for humans to morph into machines hey. this is very very far future i know i have machines carry on instead of humans one stair intelligent enough. why don't you believe humans will carry on and i mean with carried on for a 21st century for the better or for worse i do i think you've misinterpreted me i think that we will continue. and i hope we can regulate these new technologies but i do think that by the end of a century there will be a few well the crazy adventurers who may be living away from the. of course they wou

president and ceo cook, illinois's corporation testifying on behalf of the national school transportation assn. you may proceed. >> good afternoon, ranking members, chairwoman norton, and thank you for calling this hearing today. my name is john, and i am the president and chief operating officer of cook illinois corporation based in illinois. i would like to acknowledge my wife christine is here with me today. my dad started the company in 1958 with 75 buses. we operate 2200 buses and transport over 100,000 children in the chicagoland area. i started in the business as a teenager and have worked every position including cdl license to driver and occasionally you will even see me driving. i am here today on behalf of the national school transportation association, the trade association for private school bus companies that provide school bus service under contract. private companies provide approximately 38% of the nation's school bus service. we have a saying in our industry that we bleed yellow. it signifies our commitment to safety for the children we transport. he today, nearly 500,00 scho