Recovery after the fires. What is clear then as now is those survivors need help. A whole town was flattened, thousands of people left without homes overnight, and nine months later their lives are still in limbo. I know you know this, mr. Secretary, and i want to appreciate your attendance, your presence on maui, but also your ability to listen to the needs of the survivors. I will make it very simple. The survivors need transitional housing. Other communities are dealing with disasters of their own. Baltimore is recovering from the tragic collapse of the Francis Scott key bridge, and as i reiterated to the maryland congressional delegation this week, we are going to get baltimore whatever it needs to rebuild. This past weekend, a Freight Train derailment forest resident evacuations and highway closure. We are still waiting to find out more about what caused the accident but are thankful nobody was hurt. It is an reminder of how important the investments we make in Transportation Safe
We stay on capitol hill for live testimony from transportation secretary pete buttigieg, the hearing just about to get underway. In february i had the chance to welcome you, secretary, to hawaii, where we visited lahaina on maui to get an update on recovery after the fires. What is clear then as now is those survivors need help. A whole town was flattened, thousands of people left without homes overnight, and nine months later their lives are still in limbo. I know you know this, mr. Secretary, and i want to appreciate your attendance, your presence on maui, but also your ability to listen to the needs of the survivors. I will make it very simple. The survivors need transitional housing. Other communities are dealing with disasters of their own. Baltimore is recovering from the tragic collapse of the Francis Scott key bridge, and as i reiterated to the maryland congressional delegation this week, we are going to get baltimore whatever it needs to rebuild. This past weekend, a Freight T
[background noises] [background noises] [background noises] called the committee on transportation and the structure to order. I would ask an ms consent the chairman be authorized to declare a racist at any time during todays hearing. Without objection that is so ordered. As a reminder if went to answer the document to the record please also email it documents mail house. Go if you need that repeated talk to staff that got that. I would not recognize myself for the purposes of an Opening Statement. I want to think secretary buttigieg for being here today. We certainly have a lot to discuss. Thank you very much for coming in. As we near the two year mark since passing Infrastructure Investment and jobs act, my focus remains on oversight and the funding and ensuring buttons implement efficiently, effectively heres the letter of the law. Due to persistently high inflation americans continue to struggle to pay for food and clothing and gasoline. With her hard earned dollars. Companies in t
The airport is seeking to scale the project to focus solely on the 24 street overpass. Because the obligation for the grant is rapidly approaching, the airport is that high risk of losing these critical federal funds. Mister secretary, this project is important to the city of phoenix into sky harbors future growth. Will your Department Support our efforts to extend the period of eligibility for the grant and work with the airport on this modified project . So it does not lose these critical federal funds . Our goal, of course, is for every grant recipient to succeed when funds are awarded. In this case, it was 2019 funding. I believe the issue here had to do with meeting the obligations deadline, with the proposed change in scope they had. But well be happy to follow up and engage or staff to explore anything we can do to be supportive in the context. Really appreciate working closely with you to make sure we retain those critically important federal funds. Arizona is one of the fastes