During the hearing, she discussed infrastructure projects, highway and rail safety, investment into the theons ports, and discretionary Grant Programs that address the needs of rural and urban areas. Rep. Price the subcommittee will come to order. Good morning. Im pleased to kick off our subcommittee hearing season for this and other subcommittees by examining the fiscal year 2021 budget request for the department of transportation. Secretary chao, welcome back and thank you for joining us. Glad to have you here. Infrastructure serves as the foundation for our economy and our quality of life. It facilitates the flow of goods and services, connects people to employment and educational opportunities, and plays a significant role in our nations overall welfare. Theres no question our country requires a massive infusion of investment to repair deficient bridges, restore transit systems to a state of good repair, improve our ports, and build new runways for our airports. We must also make f
Good morning. Welcome. Subcommittee on maritime and transportation security, now come to order. Id like to welcome dan bishop of North Carolina to the committee. Welcome. Thank you, mister chairman. Look forward to working with you. The subcommittee is meeting to receive testimony on, one year later, the implementation of the modernization act. Without objection, the chairs authorize to declare the subcommittee in recess at any point. I want to thank you, Ranking Member glasgow and our distinguished witness for joining us today. One year ago this month, congress enacted the First Comprehensive reauthorization, known as the tsa modernization act. The act incorporated substantial numbers of bills, and provisions that originated in this committee. This is a testament to the bipartisan efforts to conduct oversight of tsa. I thank my colleagues, miss Watson Coleman and the tsa modernization act improves our nations transportation security. Its a government to describe now, but id like to hi
Good evening, verne. Welcome. We will now come to order. Like to start off by welcoming mr. Dan bush some of North Carolina to the committee. Thank you, sir. Thank you, mr. Chairman. Delighted to be with you. Look forward to meeting with you, sir. Subcommittee is meeting today to receive testimony on one year later the implementation of the tsa modernization act. And without objection, the chairs authorized to declare the subcommittee in recess at any point. I want to thank you, Ranking Member lesco, and our distinguished witnesses for joining us today. One year ago this month, congress enacted the First Comprehensive reauthorization of the tsa known as the tsa modernization act. The act incorporated substantial number of bills and provisions that originated in this committee. It stands as a testament to the committees longstanding bipartisan efforts to conduct oversight of tsa. And i thank my colleagues, ms. Watsoncoleman and mr. Catko for their leadership in advancing legislation las
Year later, the implementation of the modernization act. Without objection, the chairs authorize to declare the subcommittee in recess at any point. I want to thank you, Ranking Member glasgow and our distinguished witness for joining us today. One year ago this month, congress enacted the First Comprehensive reauthorization, known as the tsa modernization act. The act incorporated substantial numbers of bills, and provisions that originated in this committee. This is a testament to the bipartisan efforts to conduct oversight of tsa. I thank my colleagues, miss Watson Coleman and the tsa modernization act improves our nations transportation security. Its a government to describe now, but id like to highlight a few key point. It established a fiveyear term for this tsa administrator to provide stability, to the agencys leadership. And, sadly, the current chaos and leadership vacancies within have undermined those efforts. Administrator, has been forced to wear two hats. Acting as dhs de
Rep. Correa look forward to working with you. The subcommittee is meeting to look at one year later, the tsa modernization act. The chair is authorized to decode the subcommitteedeclare the subcommittee. I want to thank you, member lesko, and distinguished witnesses for joining us today. Congress enacted the First Comprehensive reauthorization of the tsa known as the tsa modernization act. The act incorporated substantial number of bills and provisions that originated in this committee. It stands as a testament to the committees longstanding bipartisan efforts to connect oversight of tsa. I thank my colleagues, ms. Watson coleman and his chapter mr. Cap no, i should say, for leadership in advancing legislation and congress that will carry on those efforts with Ranking Member lesko in this congress. The tsa modernization act enhances and improves our nations transportation security. Too comprehensive to describe in detail in a few minutes we have, but i would like to highlight a few key