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fast act provides a certainty and reforms necessary to improve our nation s infrastructure and spur economic growth. the fast act was a significant bipartisan achievement showing once again the senate is back to work for the american people. this committee s work, which accounted for more than half of the text of the bill, helped to enhance safety, increase transparency, reform regulatory structures and improve planning for free with reforms covering everything from railroads to cars to trucks to ports as well as research and technology, this legislation was a true team effort to reduce congestion, protect passengers and improve our nation s multimodal supply chain. .. protect lives on our nation roadways by promoting greater consumer awareness and corporate responsibility for safety. i m please that had the whistle blower act is now the law of the land. this law which i introduced with ranking member nelson and others incentivize to blow the whistle when manufacturers ....
changes provided for under the fast act including processing procedures and an application dashboard. and finally something that goes hand in hand with all of the department s efforts is research and innovation. in march we began the competition for utc grants which allows students and faculty to work together towards innovative transportation solutions. we ve received 212 applications for the 35 grants available. i m proud of the work the department has accomplished in such a short period of time. but this is just the beginning. and it would not be possible i would like to repeat without the work of this congress on a bipartisan basis. we will continue our aggressive schedule to execute the reforms you put into place because if our nation s going to have the type of transportation system tomorrow that is better than it had today, wasted time is something none of us can afford. so with that, mr. chairman, i want to thank you and i look forward to your questions. thank ....
we weren t able to achieve it, but on the other hand i think you ve been able to work with mayors and transportation directors for state government and aarp and other stakeholders. if you could just give me a quick update on how we re moving along with respect to this because whether the statute read exactly how i wanted it to or in the compromise version, i think the key is implementation at the sort of administrator level so i want to know how we re doing and i know you have a special perspective having been a mayor. yes, sir. i think we re moving along fairly well. we did initiateing? e something that brought 200 mayors from across the country together to share best practices on how to implement essentially complete streets designs. our federal highway administration is also creating greater flexibility in the design of federal aid to highways so that there s at least the possibility that states and local governments can use those roadways in more innovative ways f ....
to ensuring that you can provide separation. it s one thing to watch it. but if we have no control over it, the difference between being unmanned and uncontrolled. thank you all. i yield back, mr. chairman. mr. dolan is recognized for five minutes. thank you, mr. chairman. i have a question. and perhaps miss bristol, mr. cameron, mr. hampton and mr. rinaldi, i d like you all to consider it. i m perplexed the way veterans are dealt with in this employment process. you have this shortage here. if my information is correct, there s approximately 10,000 military air controllers working and operating and helping to manage our skies. your last application period for veterans to apply was described as long term, and it was like for three months. march of december or excuse me, december 15 to march of 16. number one question is why wouldn t you open that up for them all year long since you have a shortage and you have all these experienced, seasoned people out there? t ....
11. deirdre: hillary clinton slamming donald trump on the state of the economy. this is risk & reward. i m deirdre bolton. hillary clinton blasting donald trump as too dangerous to lead the world s largest economy. donald trump responded with our own lou dobbs just moments ago. her record is terrible. and you know, she is crooked hillary. let s face it. she is crooked hillary. she always has been and nothing will change. for 18 years people haven t had a real wage increase. in some cases now they re working two jobs and making less money than they used to make. people are tired of incompetence. they re tired of being ripped off. they re tired of some cases it is not incompetence. it is politicians wanting to take care of their friends who own corporations or run corporations because nobody can be that stupid to do what they re doing. deirdre: that full interview coming your way on lou dobbs s show. at 7:00 p.m. eastern time. it s a conversation you will not want ....