[background noises] [background noises] the committee will come to order. Without objection the chairs authorized to declare recess of committee at any time. Im before we begin secretary has informed us she has only two hours available for this hearing. So in the interest of time Ranking Member and i are remedying ourselves to very brief Opening Statements we are asking the secretary to do the same. Additionally we get as many members as possible a chance to ask questions. And in concurrence with the Ranking Member i ask unanimous consent to limit each members q and a to four minutes without objection. So ordered. Out also like to request unanimous consent to submit to statements for the record for bt the first is from chairman lucas who could not be with us here today. As you know he has had a terrible accident with a bowl, he is a rancher. And he is recuperating. We look forward to his return soon because his leadership is dearly missed. The second as a full Opening Statement from my
[background noises] [background noises] the committee will come to order. Without objection the chairs authorized to declare recess of committee at any time. Im before we begin secretary has informed us she has only two hours available for this hearing. So in the interest of time Ranking Member and i are remedying ourselves to very brief Opening Statements we are asking the secretary to do the same. Additionally we get as many members as possible a chance to ask questions. And in concurrence with the Ranking Member i ask unanimous consent to limit each members q and a to four minutes without objection. So ordered. Out also like to request unanimous consent to submit to statements for the record for bt the first is from chairman lucas who could not be with us here today. As you know he has had a terrible accident with a bowl, he is a rancher. And he is recuperating. We look forward to his return soon because his leadership is dearly missed. The second as a full Opening Statement from my
Bill the house is voting for a three year 8 billion ban bandaid, why . Because to re finance the export import bank, congress is playing politics with the nations highways and the house is start being its summer recess tomorrow meaning a longer term transportation solution will not be debated until the fall. That is textbook kicking the can. Now here is why this matters. Americas infrastructure rates a d plus, power communication water power more, they get no more than a dplus grade on a report card, put out by the American Society of Civil Engineers. America needs to spend 3. 6 trillion by 2020, and not only are we doing enough to modernize our infrastructure, were barely maintaining what we have now. It used to be the envy, now were following behind the rest of the world. Down from seivet i seventh in 23. In case youre wondering, hong kong, singapore and the United Arab Emirates took the top three places last year. Hong kong, that joe biden said had an airport so great, you would thi
Bill the house is voting for a three year 8 billion ban bandaid, why . Because to re finance the export import bank, congress is playing politics with the nations highways and the house is start being its summer recess tomorrow meaning a longer term transportation solution will not be debated until the fall. That is textbook kicking the can. Now here is why this matters. Americas infrastructure rates a d plus, power communication water power more, they get no more than a dplus grade on a report card, put out by the American Society of Civil Engineers. America needs to spend 3. 6 trillion by 2020, and not only are we doing enough to modernize our infrastructure, were barely maintaining what we have now. It used to be the envy, now were following behind the rest of the world. Down from seivet i seventh in 23. In case youre wondering, hong kong, singapore and the United Arab Emirates took the top three places last year. Hong kong, that joe biden said had an airport so great, you would thi
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