Last ditch effort in ukraine. And the man whose name you rarely here, moscows justification for war. This is real money, im ali velshi. What is the value of a human life . In some ways thats a question with no satisfying answer. But its a question that must be answered, after terror attacks like 9 11 or after fatal accidents like those caused by gms faulty ignition switches. These tragedies force a modern society to make a cold calculation of what a human life is in monetary terms. In the case of the 9 11 attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people, families of victims received an average of 2. 1 million. Thats an average. Families of victims with low salaries, got as little as 250,000, whereas families with highly paid victims received over 7 million approximately that is an example of what value is placed on human life. People who lost two lims in limbs in the boston bombing got 2 million, those who lost one limb got one million. Im going to press ken fineberg on the like logic behind ca
Then coming together in a last ditch effort in ukraine. And the man whose name you rarely here, moscows justification for war. This is real money, im ali velshi. What is the value of a human life . In some ways thats a question with no satisfying answer. But its a question that must be answered, after terror attacks like 9 11 or after fatal accidents like those caused by gms faulty ignition switches. These tragedies force a modern society to make a cold calculation of what a human life is in monetary terms. In the case of the 9 11 attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people, families of victims received an average of 2. 1 million. Thats an average. Families of victims with low salaries, got as little as 250,000, whereas families with highly paid victims received over 7 million approximately that is an example of what value is placed on human life. People who lost two lims in limbs in the boston bombing got 2 million, those who lost one limb got one million. Im going to press ken fineberg o
Including the gm recall and the boston bombing. Then coming together in a last ditch effort in ukraine. And the man whose name you rarely here, moscows justification for war. This is real money, im ali velshi. What is the value of a human life . In some ways thats a question with no satisfying answer. But its a question that must be answered, after terror attacks like 9 11 or after fatal accidents like those caused by gms faulty ignition switches. These tragedies force a modern society to make a cold calculation of what a human life is in monetary terms. In the case of the 9 11 attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people, families of victims received an average of 2. 1 million. Thats an average. Families of victims with low salaries got as little as 250,000 whereas families with highly paid victims received over 7 million approximately that is an example of what value is placed on human life. People who lost two lims in limbs in the boston bombing got 2 million those who lost one limb got
Again, to do it in a way thats environmentally sensitive. I think we can get that done and actually move the ball forward a bit. Thank you mr. Chairman. En in light of the fact we have governs standing governors standing by. We will wait for them. Thank you. This is an incredibly issue for new york state. Mas mass tras it nearly 8. 5 Million People bride the buses and trains in the city. Would you agree that it is important for them to receive money through the trust fund if congress were to cut funding for Public Transit . Well, absolutely i agree we need to retain resources from mass transit. It is vitally important. Of course in the state of new york and many other parts of the country, theres also a very substantial rurmal program that we have thats also there as well. What would happen is our roadways in high use areas of the country would become inundated with the traffic. Freight movements and would actually stall and that would be a disaster for the country. What we really need
Do. Thank you. Thank you senator. Thank you. We will recognize now senator rounds for his first introduction to this committee and how delighted we are to have him serving on the committee. Thank you mr. Chairman. Mr. Secretary, thanks for the opportunity to visit with you just a little bit today. Coming from south dakota it strikes me that in our home state, were between 800 and 9 900,000 accept during the time of the Sturgis Rally and then we bump up considerably. It seems like as a former mayor of boston the discussion there in terms of youve had the opportunity to work on transportation projects from a different point of view. A large metro political area and yet one in which youre dealing with the federal guidelines and rules that are required in order to qualify for federal funding. In south dakota dakota we have similar challenges but on an agricultural basis and a rural basis. Just curious as to your thoughts with regards to the projects that as youve indicated earlier in your