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Epitome of the pure partnership. Its the most important event of the year for transportation, and it represents a group of people that go off and do their own business separately, but here theyre partners for the greater good of the overall. Were very excited to be a part of this. We would like to think that we can help in any way we can, but we hope to get to work with all you guys for the next two days and learn a little bit about where things are going, and hopefully make some impact for the ...

So when you do those conversations that leave you scratching your head a little bit. What are you asking for . What could washington do to make this easier for you . Short of comprehensive . I dont know. Short of comprehensive reform what they can do. President obama has chosen that course and we can agree or disagree with it, but hes not saying as the rest of us arent saying we dont need a comprehensive solution because when you pick up pieces like Border Security and dealing with health care a...

Actually awarded for the grants and do you work with the cyber center at Homeland Security at the nddk to on how these grants are distributed or the technology that theyre developing there . Explain a little bit how that process works. Id have to go back and ask staff. Most of what we see with states using our funds ren hansment in their centers. Id have to go back and ask. I know we have work to expand eligibility on what grants can do but theres also within the cyber world still a lot to be de...

Because it got wiped out. We need to move beyond that. We have to look at not just Building Back to what we always looked at cost benefit analysis and make investments. This gives us the ability to move beyond just looking at one set of criteria. It seems that your mitigation effort has to be focused on the actual hazard. In this budget youre looking at additional funds for Hazard Mitigation but i would certainly want to know that is based on the actual hazard itself and mitigate both the hazard...

Here. Let me begin with a topic that the chairwoman is familiar with, Cyber Security, particularly the faa. I had the privilege really of watching the chairman work and superb job of pending the intelligence bill and no one knows more and more thought 68 about the issue than senator collins, but i understand that within the faa there is a huge need to protect the system from Cyber Incidents and intrusions. But that there is organization in the air Traffic Organization that basically has to borro...

Into the overseas contingency account, which this Committee Said last year was against the budget process, was at abuse to the process. This is a lot of mealymouthed words to justify a run around the budget process area im glad the Senate Republicans in their budget today, they dont play these games. They take the president s level. They take the joint chiefss level. This is a lot of running around. It is going to undermine the integrity of this body. This doesnt send any message of certainty to...

At a great, great session already this morning, 7 30 a. M. Who was in there eating breakfast . All right. Welcome to aptas 40th annual legislative conference and our Nations Capital. Yesterday was some great sessions, werent they with the mayor of washington d. C. And some great speakers and thank you all for being here. The conference comes at a momentous time in the industry. We have a lot of things to do this week. We are gearing up for a new surface transportation bill out there. This openin...

The light to the offers. Unlike the radical turn the gop offers. We want to strengthen and keep the promise of medicare and build on the economic progress we have seen over the past years. I would like to yield my time to the gentlewoman from michigan. Thank you for all the work, the discussion we are all having among ourselves. The budget resolution has many things in it that concerns me. It hurts seniors. It hurts young people. Perhaps most of all, it takes away Economic Opportunities for hard...

Department of transportation. The administration is proposing 94 billion in mandatory and Discretionary Spending for the department of transportation in his school year 2016. Included is proposed a six years 478 billion Service Transportation reauthorization paid for by a onetime 14 tax on the repatriation of the foreign parents foreign earns. While i support a repatriation proposal and am completely open to using some of the resulting funds for our infrastructure the president s budget is based...

, did you know that decision. Did you approve of that decision . General you asked me a question out of my area. I do know about this, this is essentially what u. S. Naval forces do. Right now, for the past 24 hours, i know about as much as you do. General, on the vehicles heading to europe, have you made a determination on where those vehicles will go . And how does that factor into your strategy . General the decision is being considered right now. When that will be rolled out is yet to be det...