To ask questions. Without objective, thats so ordered. Can would like to welcome everybody to the hearing today. Its going to focus obviously on how we can build the 21st century infrastructure. And the committee is holding a host of hearings to gather ideas on what congress can do to achieve this goal. And today, were going to hear ideas from our highways and transit stakeholders. Gathering input from our stakeholders is essential to the process. That we use to again surface transportation policy. Its valuable in our efforts to pass the act, which was the first longterm highway bill in a decade, and were going to continue to need your assistance with future legislation. Even with the Additional Resources we provided, the nations surface Transportation System still needs additional investments. Enacting a long Term Solution for the Highway Trust Fund is a critical component to insuring we can address those needs long into the future. Since passage of the f. A. S. T. Act, building a con
It will not be done in this bill, and the reason why is because i believe what we are trying do now is to finish the work that had begun and was done. They presented their bills. Chairman coal as an appropriate to and we had an opportunity to move through the bills rightly or wrongly. It wasnt always 50 50. I knowledge that. But it was done with space and influence to accommodate getting bills across the line. The most important thing my job is and i have always tried to focus on my job is to make the things done that i had to do. It is funding the government. It is taking care of this Disaster Relief and it is making sure that we accommodate the bulk of making sure that we take the funding of the government and moving it forward. I am absolutely open poposed be i know the ability tofe effectively manage the government is more important than putting them off a month at a time. I will tell you i will not recommend that we take your bill but i will invite you back and i will invite you t
I would have this distinguished committee should let us take up the dream act. If the committee a chance to keep the american dream. Badges, law enforcement, faith based groups and others all support the dream act. Cato institute, supporting the dreamers would cost 60 billion. Dreamerson of the would cost much more than that. Hopes toers with their make the future better for the next generation. That is the american value. These dreamers make america more american. They embody the best of our nation. Patriotism, hard work and preserverance. A partisan ort be political issue. I was telling the president when i met with him recently at the ourday party many of republican colleagues said how supported they would be of the dream act but many of your spouses told me that as well. There is a spirit of family in all this. Addressmany issues to with immigration in our country. Congress has a duty and application obligation to protect these dreamers. Honored toes i am be joined by a distinguish
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Dont forget the sunscreen. Water temperatures in 70s. 75 downtown cleveland. Good morning in ashtabula and youngs town and up every 60s. Mid60s wayne county and worcester. This is the way well stay throughout the majority of your day. If joining us from sandusky around cedar point, by lunchtime, temperatures near i think highs today make it to low to mid 80s with lots of sunshine in store. All in all, a really decent looking day. Of course were going to talk about your tribe game forecast. Of course first pitch after 7 00 p. M. This evening. That and more is just minutes away. Danielle, how do roads look . They look great. 6 01 now. Normal drive times. Road. I want to move to Medina County to prepare you for a ramp closure. U. S. 224 exit ramp to 71 north and south going to be closed until friday for pavement repairs. If you need to get around this, take u. S. 224 east and hop off at 3 00. Get back on west and pick up 71 north and south. Im going to tweet dani wkyc. Right here no b pro