Give taken a particular interest. You go there lots a what draws you up there . A couple of things. Canada as in northern nation. That is what, one of the things that makes us distinct from the United States. Whereas in canada, the United States, you say go west to find your identity. In this country, it has always been go north. That is the part of the country that defines our identity and has so much promise in terms of its abundant resources. I do want to say this one of the things we tried to do as a government, with some success, is we come to office with two views but too often in the past, were seeing. One is that this government is extremely proamerican. The valiant the relationship with the United States. We could not be in a better situation than to have the United States as our only real labor, closest economic partner and oldham of the allied. And ally. At the same time, were Strong Canadian nationalists and think in our own modest way. We see no incompatibility with that.
The airport is seeking to scale the project to focus solely on the 24 street overpass. Because the obligation for the grant is rapidly approaching, the airport is that high risk of losing these critical federal funds. Mister secretary, this project is important to the city of phoenix into sky harbors future growth. Will your Department Support our efforts to extend the period of eligibility for the grant and work with the airport on this modified project . So it does not lose these critical federal funds . Our goal, of course, is for every grant recipient to succeed when funds are awarded. In this case, it was 2019 funding. I believe the issue here had to do with meeting the obligations deadline, with the proposed change in scope they had. But well be happy to follow up and engage or staff to explore anything we can do to be supportive in the context. Really appreciate working closely with you to make sure we retain those critically important federal funds. Arizona is one of the fastes
Concerned today than i was a day or two ago. In the sense at the moment policymakers are moving in opposite directions. In part thats the ways of washington and i think well see a few collapses before we ultimately get together somewhere in the days before christmas on a compromise. We have been talking about marginal tax rates, which i think are a key part not only of the budget question, but a key part of the broader economic question in terms of Economic Growth. And im hopeful that any solution that comes together is going to think a lot about Economic Growth and not just budgets. Host ethan . Guest i think i may be a little more hopeful than alex is. I think that theres a general agreement that the sequester will happen. Republicans and democrats and the president are all opposed to it happening. Theres also a consensus right and left it would be bad for the economy. So i think that when we are just looking at the tax component, there are certain things that we kev knitly definitel
Today. And the order of business will be that i will start with an Opening Statement, provide some background, and will yield to mr. Cummings this morning, and other members who wish to be heard, then well turn to our witnesses. Well hear from all of them and then go to questions. Pleased to welcome, again, everyone this morning. Now, this is one of a number, we have actually held fourth in a series of full Committee Oversight hearings on amtrak and u. S. Passenger rail policy in the United States. We actually have two more scheduled. One will be on thursday, december 3, and that will focus on high speed and inner city Passenger Rail grant program. And then well have the final hearing on this important subject. Thursday, the 13th of december, and that will be on the northeast corridor. Ironically yesterday i was back in new york city actually looking at some of the flood and storm damage. Many of the transportation infrastructure facilities were adversely impacted, huge amount of damag
How reliable is the train for you . Dear god. There is always something, like always. So when donald trump said were like living in a third world country when it comes to our infrastructure, do you agree with him . I dont disagree. Its a sad fact of our government, Lawmakers Across Party Lines dont agree, dont get along and as a result dont get much done. Case in point, this years state of the union address, which was delayed because of the government shutdown. Washingtons dysfunction was on full display. Madam speaker, the president of the United States. Are we going to see a single 2020 democrat shake his hand . I dont think you will see a single democrat, period, shake his hand. The state of our union is strong. It is always interesting to watch. Yeah. But in the starkly divided room there was an issue that had bipartisan support. Both parties should be able to unite for a great rebuilding of americas crumbling infrastructure. Infrastructure. Its withinbeen to popular talk point for