Youre dealing with garvey bonds, governor bentley said to wall street weve got an ongoing Funding Source from the feds so i can turn to the folks of alabama and say with certainty were going to be all right. But we need it too because obviously we make similar decisions. I think all governors do. So the two versus the five actually drives the cost up . Not only is it a certainty issue. You got it. Its a challenge for the states. Driving up the cost of the Construction Projects also. Absolutely, senator. The second piece is in terms of the partnership. My experience has been that weve had to increase our state contribution just to keep up with our federal match. And what i mean by that is unfortunately the gas tax is a dwindling tax. Unso unfortunately. Its for good reasons. People are driving less miles and theyre driving more efficient vehicles. But we all know that in the long run were going to have to figure out another way to drive revenue both nationally and in the states. Were go
Is so key, i would like you in your very eloquent way explain to us why certainty is so critical. And if you didnt have the certainty of this federal bill, how it could impact you back home. Again, i know its repetitious, but its important. Thats the message i would like to see go out of this hearing. Again, let me say, i think certainty is the most important thing that we have to deal with. And over the last five or six years, we have not had that certainty obviously. And so we need it to plan. I mean if we dont have we need five six, ten years whatever the number of years that you decide, we just need to know what those are and we need to plan accordingly. And, this program that i have put in place and was able to actually put in place without legislation because the people of alabama had allowed us to borrow the garvey bonds. So were using future federal dollars. And so the certainty is so important for me because i signed a billion dollars in bonds and i want to make sure we pay it
Department of Homeland Security into rain in a executive overreach. That is it. It is simple. There is no reason for democrats to block it. Politico reports that Senate Democrats intend to to block the homeland spending bill. One democrat who has spoken out against it is Senate Minority whip dick durbin. He called for a clean appropriation bill while speaking for the american advocates group, americas voice. You can watch tuesday at 2 30 eastern. As always, we will have coverage on cspan3. Next, transportation secretary anthony foxx talks to a committee about the future of the Highway Trust Fund and live at 7 00 a. M. Your questions and comments live on washington journal. Transportation director anthony foxx told the environment and public works that the looming transportation sequestration possibility is looming. This is about two hours and 15 minutes. The meeting will come to order. I say to my friend, the Ranking Member, that the whole right side back there is oklahoma. I came in l
Sanctions. One of the top intelligence personnel within the Israeli Intelligence field i wont name names, but this person was asked directly by a congressional delegation that visited over the weekend what the effect of sanctions would be . This person answered it would be like throwing a grenade into the process. Lou the mossad says kerrys statement is untrue. A Statement Released today reads, quote contrary to the report, the head of the mossad did not say he opposed sanctions on iran. The remarkable efficacy of the sanctions imposed on iran over the last few years in bringing iran to the negotiating table. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman bob corker, present at the meeting and here he is further rebuking the kerry claims. Some this weekend over the same issue, we have heard no one, no one say if congress were to weigh in on the final agreement, it would have anything it would in any way destabilize the negotiations. Lou the committees former chairman, senator bob menendez
Sanctions. One of the top intelligence personnel within the Israeli Intelligence field i wont name names, but this person was asked directly by a congressional delegation that visited over the weekend what the effect of sanctions would be . This person answered it would be like throwing a grenade into the process. Lou the mossad says kerrys statement is untrue. A Statement Released today reads, quote contrary to the report, the head of the mossad did not say he opposed sanctions on iran. The remarkable efficacy of the sanctions imposed on iran over the last few years in bringing iran to the negotiating table. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman bob corker, present at the meeting and here he is further rebuking the kerry claims. Some this weekend over the same issue, we have heard no one, no one say if congress were to weigh in on the final agreement, it would have anything it would in any way destabilize the negotiations. Lou the committees former chairman, senator bob menendez