We have a unique situation. We get more money than anybody in increases every year. However you want to calculate it, money is not our problem. I know there are some people in this room who say, oh yes it is. Weve looked out for our veterans. We know were paying for benefits theyve earned and we know weve got to finance them. Im proud the president s budget is up 9. 5 and 220 billion. Thats a huge budget. What you want to do this morning my opening remarks, really just focus a little bit on this year and how we came to where we are. I want to thank the vsos. Make sure you know that just because i didnt include you in terms of verbal testimony at this meeting, not because we didnt want to hear from you. I want to see what what we heard from you actually got done. I ask you to submit that in writing and well submit that to the va and follow up on it. Second thing i want to do today is talk about two meetings we have coming up. I try and keep my promises. Weve done amazingly well on that
[background sounds] the subcommittee will come to order. I ask unanimous consent that the chair be authorized to declare a recess at any time during todays hearing. Without objection, so ordered. I ask unanimous consent that members not on the subcommittee are permitted to sit with the subcommittee at todays hearing and ask questions. Without objection, so ordered. As a reminder, please keep your microphones muted unless speaking. Should i hear any inadvertent background noise, i will request that the member please mute their microphone. To insertt a document into the record, please have your staff email it to documents ti mail. House. Gov. Good morning. Three weeks ago President Biden signed the most consequential infrastructure bill of the 21st century into law. Go president b signed the most consequential infrastructure bill of the 21st century into law. The 1. 2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and jobs act will modernize americas decaying infrastructure while making the biggest
Rail service and Infrastructure Investments. This is live coverage on cspan3. As reminder please keep your microphones muted unless speaking. Should i hear any inadvertent background noise i will request that the member please mute their microphones. To insert a document into the record, please have your staff email it to documentsti mail. House. Gov. So good morning. Three weeks ago President Biden signed the most consequential infrastructure bill of the 21st century into law. The 1. 2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and jobs act will modernize americas decaying infrastructure while making the biggest investment in inner city Passenger Rail since the creation of amtrak. The iija is a culmination of the work that lang with chairman defuse owe i started with the investment in america actazio i investment in america act. I would like to take this moment to recognize chairman defazio. Hes been a champion for advancing the state transportation in america and making meaningful efforts to
Rail service and Infrastructure Investments. This is live coverage on cspan3. As reminder please keep your microphones muted unless speaking. Should i hear any inadvertent background noise i will request that the member please mute their microphones. To insert a document into the record, please have your staff email it to documentsti mail. House. Gov. So good morning. Three weeks ago President Biden signed the most consequential infrastructure bill of the 21st century into law. The 1. 2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and jobs act will modernize americas decaying infrastructure while making the biggest investment in inner city Passenger Rail since the creation of amtrak. The iija is a culmination of the work that lang with chairman defuse owe i started with the investment in america actazio i investment in america act. I would like to take this moment to recognize chairman defazio. Hes been a champion for advancing the state transportation in america and making meaningful efforts to
So this new authority is called the Cyber Talent Management system and essentially it takes people off the government scale, the gs scale. Right. And allows us to hire on the two most important well leave this program here. But you can watch the rest of it any time if you go online to our website cspan. Org. We take you live now capitol hill where transit officials including amtrak president Steven Gardner are set to testify on inner city Passenger Rail service and Infrastructure Investments. This is live coverage on cspan3. As reminder please keep your microphones muted unless speaking. Should i hear any inadvertent background noise i will request that the member please mute their microphones. To insert a document into the record, please have your staff email it to documentsti mail. House. Gov. So good morning. Three weeks ago President Biden signed the most consequential infrastructure bill of the 21st century into law. The 1. 2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and jobs act will mo