Nh hold a hearing on the nation partial roads. This is an hour and 20 minute portion. You can watch the entire hearing on cspan. Org. I want to welcome our witnesses in particular. To todays hearing as we are looking at the need to reauthorize not the cities our cities and counties are looking to us. A the focus has been on revenue especially since it is the most difficult thing we have had to do. And people are using other methods to bring us into the 21t century on transportation. So we are looking at some of those questions and the nuances of federal polling policy on congestion pricing and Technology Solutions to address congestion. So while congress. But to negatively attack never before but not to mention the quality of the air that we breathe and the failure to deal with climate change. This was not even discussed at the time of the last reauthorization to indicate just how far time has moved and to catch up. The urban mobility report and you might want to look at what it says f
The hearing will come to order. First of all we want to thank all of you for being here today. I want to thank my friend, Ranking Member card and his staff for the possibility with the scheduling of todays hearing. Its interesting because been card and i i maybe three of the last remaining of the class of 1987. We have smith in a couple of more. Its funny, were on opposite sides and a lot of issues but we are always together in friendship as well as in infrastructure. Et is this weeks infrastructure week its a great opportunity to highlight the critical needs in this country. Tomorrow the committee will have a chance to question secretary chad on the administrations priorities and i hope todaysin hearing will be a productive lead into her visits. Last congress the Pediatric Committee led the charge to pass the past act a six highway reauthorization bill that i personally worked on. This was the largest since 1998. Nobody believed we could get it done and others that would only get an 1
The hearing will come to order. First of all we want to thank all of you for being here today. I want to thank my friend, Ranking Member card and his staff for the possibility with the scheduling of todays hearing. Its interesting because been card and i i maybe three of the last remaining of the class of 1987. We have smith in a couple of more. Its funny, were on opposite sides and a lot of issues but we are always together in friendship as well as in infrastructure. Et is this weeks infrastructure week its a great opportunity to highlight the critical needs in this country. Tomorrow the committee will have a chance to question secretary chad on the administrations priorities and i hope todaysin hearing will be a productive lead into her visits. Last congress the Pediatric Committee led the charge to pass the past act a six highway reauthorization bill that i personally worked on. This was the largest since 1998. Nobody believed we could get it done and others that would only get an 1
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The meeting comes to order. First of all, we want to thank all of you for being here today and thank my friend Ranking Member cardon and his staff for the flexibility with the scheduling todays hearing. Its kind of interesting because ben cardon and i were are maybe three of the last remaining of the class of what was that . Yeah, 1987 chlt after the issue was behind us. This is beginning to be different. Were always together in friendship and in infrastructure. As this weeks infrastructure week, its good to highlight the critical needs we have in the country. Tomorrow the full committee will have the chance to question secretary chao and the administrations priorities and its my hope this hearing will be a productive lead into her visit. They led the pass to pass the fast act, the six reauthorization bill that i personally worked on. This is the largest one since 1998. Nobody believed that we would get it done and others thought we would get an 18month bill. But senator box eastern i