Income residents. It would add to the cost of living on top of a struggling economy. Failed to engage in june, officials admitted they missed the mark on Public Outreach. Projects in the federal government surprisingly when it comes to state officials Republican Opposition despite shoddy planning and outreach. Where is diligence and accountability . Do you have the authority to deny the proposal if you terminate process conducted for serious questions to remain . Anything that goes through permitting process including tolling proposal has to satisfy certain requirements. Do you have the authority . It would be delegated to federal highway but yes, its something that did not apply with federal law, we would. They are vocal about being left out the process, do you have the authority concerns and tonight if you determine this . Is a policy matter, no but in terms of making sure procedures are all. It is our responsibly to make sure the appropriate consultation happens. We dont have this position. You do have the authority . It is not followed do you agree if they complain they would mitigate the effects and that we see details in advance on what mitigation would be approved . I dont have enough milley garrity lay in on adequacy but federal Highway Administration will would not have the process to satisfy those. Do think they should accommodate . Im not going to dictate how the proposal should work but we want to make sure do you agree Public Outreach is critical with substantial changes . I didnt hear the first part. You agree local Public Outreach is critical before moving ahead with changes to the federal highways . It is a big part, yes. If the state fails sufficient Public Outreach, what actions would you take and can you deny the product . Of product fails outreach, it can lead to title vi concern and actively to the. Will you do there and as sufficient evidence . Anytime it is, we want to. I have to tell you we recognize that, who were not invited even though it was nearby district, i would love to have the time to show you you for being here today and i would like you to kill this project. The chair recognizes you for five minutes. Mr. Secretary, we are hopefully near the conclusion of the Environmental Impacts for the expansion project. Do you think the trends region to the northeast corridor in the southeast corner north line . The station has more than 100,000 travelers and visitors passing through each day which is more than reagan national, they are all unsuspecting these goals with demand estimated to reach two or three times higher than three pandemic levels by 2040. Despite critical roles in local, regional connectivity, Union Station has not undergone any Infrastructure Improvement since the 1990s for their own assessment. Future ridership will be constrained and it has taken the department of transportation and Railroad Administration eight and a half years to complete the Environmental Impacts, will you commit to make the Union Station project a priority for the administration . Thanks for the question, he understands the importance of priority deserts. One thing i would mention, the president budget request 15 million set aside for immediate repair needs and we commit to our concerns and progress in larger part. When will the Administration IssueEnvironmental Impact statement and record of decision . I will have news about today but we are continuing to ensure we work on this and can get more information to your office and get back to you. Get back to us as soon as you can. As the lead, create the neighborhood access and Equity Program as part of the inflation protection act. The Program Provides over 3 billion to improve safety, affordable transportation access and the first thing proposed later this month. This comes amid a crisis and at a wonder i, this is largely the result disinvestment and misplaced focus on moving quickly rather than moving people safely. Will you ensure reducing pedestrian fatalities a priority when awarding access and equity grants . You can count on it, safety is one of the biggest things we terms of safety, cyclists. As somebody who is often a pedestrian and or cyclist here in d. C. , i have seen the good work to be done when there is funding to make sure there are safer streets forever. As cochair of the caucus, i am concerned with the standard for what is considered acceptable noise level. Aviation always is more of an annoyance while the faa is undertaking a review of this policy to update standards and the end of this month allows more input in their review process. Will you ensure the input of Community Daily is heard and utilized for these noise metrics . Thank you, i yield back. The chair now recognizes mr. O for five minutes. County thank chairman Ranking Member of the hearing an opportunity to listen and learn mandates and yet another argument has gained in overreach and comply with professionals statues and spending has failed to alleviate the crisis is the transportation and continues to obstruct transport and under this administration, a clear project that benefits cities over critical systems. All is equity over competition, families are left footing the bill. Another example for competition to keep the sky and novel Regulatory Authority for the merger of jetblue. The most expensive airport domestically and average for 22. The same by carriers. My constituents and free market competition, more flights and more options and better services. I am concerned by the departments actions and results of the 80 of the u. S. Carriers. Do you believe maintaining the result of opposition for the spirit merger . If we want competition then we have fidelity to do our watchdog role. Merger means there will be fewer competitors. I could not concur you are saying we have four major carriers and 80 of the traffic and adding another stop competition . By definition a merger doesnt add a merger is a competition. Make sure there is more competition and not less. It will only prevent if they would harm competition. In other words, for Major Airlines from something 80 of traffic, on the competition would do what . Not be competition . I am trying to another carrier. Taking to airlines and turning them into one. Okay. As you opposes competitor, what is the department doing to remove barriers to enable smaller carriers to effectively compete . You mentioned a lot of barriers, Loyalty Programs and other things that dont function the way competitive markets do and its important to exercise authority under the law, make sure there is more competition and not less. How can they compete with this . Steps like this police this trend toward consolidation so we dont end up by the end of this, if all airlines merge you wind up with this, it is hard to picture that as a positive outcome but our actions will always be guided by the law and we are not are starting this. If jetblue and spirit merger recommend the department act consistent with longstanding president and approved this allowing the free market as we talked about, allow the free market to decide the lowest possible as we add another airlines, the price will go down and provide the lowest cost for consumers from protection to safeguard only one market solution. I appreciate it and i yield back. The chair recognizes you provide it is in the private conversation but i want to jump in, we can all Technology Jobs act establishes significant investment in everything representing a large area in new york state, the needed investment will need to make improvements without question, new yorkers know and have seen the duration of the infrastructure and this preauthorization, it funds the transit projects and i have lived through three onceinalifetime infrastructure bills over the course of my in public office. We know despite the fact that we are in the third year of limitation, projects are yet to come to fruition. In particular, state like new york because of attic bureaucracy to rogers, i note is typically to move those projects for the benefit on the ground. Its more gratifying to me with the possible exception, who want to get projects done and we need to do it responsibly. Our second year was spent largely making sure these didnt even exist before, we think we are on a good analysis and going to third your analysis and the administration and we see the money moving. You think its moving adequately . Contractors will and local officials believe they are and im not saying it is in part pressing to move, you feel we are moving adequately in the state . They are doing a great job you think the state of new york is doing a great job . We always want to move faster in our own years of government machinery to move faster and thats why we try to ensure exclusions which is 95 and why we are doing Technical Assistance in new york citys large communities in new york state. Eleven counties in new york we dont want them to have to in this process is looking to place this. My office stands ready to assist. The american disability in 1990, your timeframe to be accessible as of july 2030 truck 85 minutes responsible for ada compliance yet we continue to all kind investment to move projects. An additional 1. 7. Million, can you commit amtrak necessity will meet requirements. We want to work with amtrak and im not going to say we will prevent necessary safety enhancement from happening because we are concerned but i agree it has to be both ends. I appreciate that. It is remarkable embarrassment that we continue to send text they are, ada compliance yet Historic Community continuously not making these they have denied access get during the pandemic most have infinite wisdom to be out significant bonuses. I time is up and i would like to work to ensure we meet these expectations. It doesnt matter okay. Thank you, mr. Secretary. The best job i ever had, thats where the similarities end but the forefront the month was going to ask some serious stuff. Im worried about your cars that we dont have on the road right now and im wondering how many of these charging stations have been funded by the federal government. Most of their today have federal funding because they were early adopters so Companies Like tesla and municipalities but by the end of this year we expect the first wave to be the ones benefiting the program and our goal is 500,000 by the end of the decade, from what jumped federal and some will not be. We are in the tens of thousands right now that i would have to go back. If you could get that for me, i would really appreciate that. Another issue i am concerned about, the most recycled product in the world, i think we put down more than 85 89 million in new asphalt construction, why have state department and transportation been slow . s just two or three ingredients, the oilbased product, baby heat and a little sand but you get the picture, why are these locals not being used more . It just seems crazy on that america think its a great question and another thing we have common the belief that we need to pay more attention to materials, the source and durability. One thing local jurisdictions are under shortterm, we both experienced it, even if you are offered savings no long run, unless it is you get an x amount of, who would like to change the incentives. It is not our job to dictate things as detailed as this, Construction Materials used to weve published information to try to get more out there and generally your ability to one or two longer, youre saying billions is saved. Its not in my note that ive been researching over a year now, use plastic in their will and revenue, but they did was basically got a pothole and got plastic bottles, i want to do that. I know in england you did it and hes got a patented price and there are people in this country doing it, could you commit you would have some classic car, your streams and my streams and the oceans, you see horrible pictures of that, one of gods great creatures around their neck choking them out that little hope we can work. Theres a use some of that is going to be out the. If you could just commit to me, this is not a god, its an honest situation to what could you do that will only your last name with the judge and you will think its been a pleasure. , thank you mr. And want to be clear, these are all very important but i want to return to my calling in minnesota, the real facts of the Biden Administration policies. I come from wisconsin, home of the Publican Party and the rePublican Party was established by a group of abolitionists. Reforming the rePublican Party in the United States of america. I think that is a commission that we have as republicans, who are by the british but the british to approach this interestingly, they can come out and abolish slavery immediately, that is the slave trade act of 1870, the ability for people to transport humans and the dutch had a preponderance of global trade so that did was try of the ability for people to sell human beings and wasnt until 1883 that they actually abolished slavery. United states didnt abolish until december 6, 1865. The amount was ratified will. Its my understanding the Biden Administration 50 by 2030, right . Test. Are you aware 4. 3 of electric batteries are cobalt at this time . To understand of proximally 4. 3 of all electric batteries are comprised of cobalt . Yes. You understand is produced by the republic of congo . Yes. Sixteen to 30 will in the democratic republican is in a change in mind . Ive never seen that but thats incredible. We you a lot of . I want you to look at this. Do you believe t United States government has the moral obligation to try to end child sler of course. That would be regardless of the impact have on your 50 of the fleet . We are working hard to have domestic sourcing and raw materials. I do not mean to cut you off but my time is up. Are you telling me you are willing to move that to the right . The 2030 electrified a big help and child slavery . The solution is not to ban cell phones, it is to make sure the most horrific thing in the planet today and that is slavery so i will ask you knowing what you know about the democratic republic of congo, the mining of cobalt and children including those kids right there, that isobalt so knowing what you do, what is your offices estimate of how many children will be required to mind your cobalt and how many of these children do estimate will die to make sure you can make sure goal in 2030 have you done that work . We have better data on how many children will die we dont take care of climate change. Lets do this again, mr. Secretary. That child and that child and behind that child i will not allow you ethical sourcing between the products. What youre telling me, your office is putting goal of 2030 about the welfare of those children and you are encouraging child slavery, you are, sir. That is nonsense. Thats not nonsense, it is fact. I will submit a ton of paperwork for you and i would like you to review it and the top will be this picture. These are children who deserve policy that will suppor gentlemen time has expired. I will have no part subsidizing child slavery. You are not thinking about this. Thank you, mr. Secretary and i yield back. Thank you. I now recognize myself for five minutes. Welcome, mr. Secretary. My industry. My background, i am secondgeneration, 12 years old walking among them is operation and i had a lifelong career, hard but rewarding career, the Third Generation is now running the trucking company. I want you to know, ive never been elected anything in my life, i have spent my entire career in the private sector so i thought i would go over my first nine months on the job as it deals with your agency. In january we had an incident, a shutdown of an entire Aviation Industry because one person did something, pushed the wrong button, whatever, the industry went down and this Software Program is 30 result. Your agency was more focused on writing 179 page spending tens of thousands of dollars from notice to airmen to notice of air mission. Im asking, that Aviation Industry any safer . Weve been working on modernizing the systems we got here and one thing that would help his if it back away from constant funding to help us do it quicker. That tells me he did not make it safer. Shortly after, you have the palace team train realm, countless lives ruined and an entire town devastated. What was the cause of the derailment . I cant speak to the cause before they reveal their final reporting but the need for regulation. A Railroad Company out there more focused on di which your agency is pushing and its stated in the shareholders what they put in their is a focus on the most qualified mechanics to greece on wheel bearings. Thats what i have seen so far on the major headlines. Corporate report. Im almost down to half now. This is what else i have learned, we have had double average, annual average of Train Derailment this year and thats just since spring. We have had records near misses at airports because air traffic control, you said we have a shortage, its because faa agency is more worried about hired people based on these qualification. Congestion on our roots, trucks, right now drivers are out there and they spent 51 hours last year sitting in congestion and traffic, 15 hours year over year, 30 while you were focused on raised and bike paths. Building roads the Largest Agency in the federal government. Your jurisdiction is over and industry which you have zero experience. Our industry, we dont make our living sitting inside for walls at a desk all day. Neither do i. We have been on the walkways, airways and roadways with you, your family and everybodys family and my family, you should be concentrating will be on the people to help administrate and iron jurisdiction to keep the roadways safe and improve efficiency and the transportation industry. Youre pushing a far left will di socialistic experiment on this agency in our industry for two and a half years. Sir, the results speak for themselves. With that, i yield back the rest of my time. Do i get a response . I dont get to respond . There wasnt even a question. 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