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
Sanction veto any further sanctions against iran. The white house has criticized this for doing this without consulting them calling it a diplomatic reach of protocol. Deputy secretary of state tony lincolnblinken discussed the ongoing state with iran. We are here to ask you to please not negotiate with more sanctions on iran. Ranking member menendez, we employed to keep the peace. [indiscernible] [indiscernible] we want no new sanctions. The people of california want not new sanctions. Im going to call the meeting to order. I would say to people in the audience that we would appreciate you refraining. We understand people have strong emotions about much of what happens in this committee and others and we hope youll respect the work of the committee. I have never operated a gavel. I learned as a young man how to operate a hammer. I understand my staff told me to be a little more gentle with this, but i want to welcome everybody to the committee. Weve switched sides. That was not symbol
Well. What we have a historic opportunity to peacefully achieve this goal. And to me it seems like youve got to give this diplomacy a chance to work. I think its only common sense as president obama said war , should be a last resort not a first resort and a peaceful end to Irans Nuclear program, i believe, is in the best interests of america, and in the best interests of our great ally israel. And that is why im concerned, and its not partisan. I have a concern that reaches across party lines that some colleagues are pushing to enact new sanctions while our negotiators are still at the table. I dont believe that strengthens us. Doesnt strengthen our position at all, and these negotiations are going on right now. In fact i think if we enacted that legislation we would jeopardize a chance, a once in a lifetime perhaps chance of having a far reaching final comprehensive agreement, which we know is going to be hard. Our own president has said its a 50 50 chance. Hes not you know, wearing
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