Trust fund may run out of funds as early as september 2014, which would create cash flow problem for states during the critical summer construction season. Due to the uncertainty leading up to that bleak scenario, states are already beginning to develop contingency plans to prepare for reductions in federal transportation funding, which includes cutting pending projects. This is terrible for businesses, workers, and our nation. According to georgias department of transportation, if federal funding is cut, we would not be able to fund any new projects. Officials from other states have made similar statements and the effects are very negative, to say the least. As states postpone putting Construction Contracts out to bid, businesses will be more reluctant to invest and that impact will be felt throughout the higher entire economy. Let me be clear, the pending shortfall must be addressed by an infusion of funds. Otherwise, cbo estimates of locations for new projects in 2015 would need to
But also not to go too far down that line to sacrifice our Civil Liberties. You are an independent board. Who do you report to . We dont. We inform congress and the president , but there is no review of our report. We issued a report recently about the Metadata Program and surveillance report. The board voted and issued our report. We also briefed the president before his speech with our recommendations. I think that is where ellen wants to pick up. Your board got constituted and met at a very opportune time, right in the midst of the leaks by Edward Snowden, who put a huge spotlight on several important surveillance programs. One of them is section 215, as you mention. Your board came out with a 238 page report last month. I would say it is arguably the most extensive analysis of the legal underpinnings and the utility of the 215 program, which is, as most of the public now knows, a program where the nsa collects metadata, data about phone calls of americans, and puts it in a database
Reviews the 2015 budget request. Our guest on newsmakers this week is virginias bob of thete, the chairman house Judiciary Committee. Thank you for joining us. It is good to be with you and your viewers. John gramlich is the Legal Affairs reporter, Josh Gerstein is at National Security for politico. Taking the time today. I wanted to ask about the appearance before your committee this week. It was very contentious toward the end of the hearing where he was making a personal swipe at your committee. I wonder if you can talk about that and whether you think maybe he crossed the line in terms of the oversight. For anyoneways wise appearing before the committee and members of the committee to not make things personal and the remark by the attorney general, i do not think there are many people out there who believe he is a buddy of the attorney general. As a result, that was not well advised on his part. Questionse in answer from 34 members of the committee on a wide array of issues. Of con
Counsels office. So Central Organization is very important. Around really great work this issue of coordinated Community Responses are happening at the community theyge level, because typically operate within the local community, and have to with localooperation Law Enforcement with local Domestic Violence shelters, plus plus title 9. , Bergen County Community College created a Great Program thats bilingual to population student that connects them with all the resources on and near campus, leading the way. Obviously its done some good work. But i have been disappointed with a lot of the title 9 cases regarding enforcement and ive thought that the department of vus is the, their office of civil rights needs to involved because sometimes schools are doing more than just violating civil rights or reporting, they are actually obstructing justice. Model,ooking at that bringing in the department of just is the i think would be a statement, this isnt just education, were not just throwing mon
Were trying to take the common pieces today. Yes . I have several questions, but we have a break coming up and people can be thinking about them. In relation to doing things in the past and then kind of putting them on the shelf, it reminds me of the h. L. 20 derived from the boar 4 photograph and a lot of wind tunnel tested and it was part of a program and it was put on the celestial. Jim benson bought it and now plark is doing it again. m just wondering if at tables was a program one time and now its back in another program developed by as vegas, bigelow. Just several days ago we had a ant thinker leave us, john heubolt, and he was a great rogue model for me and i hope that some of the thoughts that i come up with can in some way mimic what hes been able to do. At the moon we had a free return trajectory, and we modified that once the s. B. F. Was working. We were always in a relatively close lunarearth orbit. And apollo 13 indicated that we could probably come back. I dont believe w