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Cspan, cspan2, cspan radio and cspan. Org. Anthony foxx testified about the highway Transportation Group and was joined at the Senate Environment and pubic works hearing on transportation and infrastructure funding. This is two hours and 15 minutes. The meeting will come to order. I say to my friend the Ranking Member that the whole right side back there is oklahoma. I came in last night and they were having a dinner i thought two or three people i knew gary rid ridley would be there, he always ...

Llima posting you in our building but please, yes six sits down. We are doing renovations. We hope that in a couple of years when you come back you will be able to drink the water and not worry about your health. The building is undergoing renovations but its great to welcome you here and far end mostly far. I know you are a little sleepy. We are so blessed to have your presence with us today. Thank you. In the spirit and strength the strength of the Obama Administration to the country the oppor...

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That is why we sent you to grow america act last year and why we will send you a new and improved grow america act this year. We certainly know that the grow america act is not the only approach to solving the infrastructure and mobility challenges of the future. We look forward to fully engaging this committee and with others on both sides of the aisle to chart this path together. But we believe there are some essential principles that any bill must have. First were going to need a substantiall...

Great big mansion if we have the resources to build a hut. And i think that our system right now really needs a substantial injection of a longterm bill but also substantial growth to counteract the cumulative effect of the shortterm measures in the recent past. And one followup real quickly on that specific point. Is there a version of that proposal you are talking about that doesnt have the big tax increase on successful folks as part of it . Because going back to the spirit of my comments, im...

Of living. The research on standard of living shows unambiguously that trade is great for these reasons. I just make two observations. Trade is great when say, japan is in recession. Japan is a huge economy. If japan werent in recession, it would be a huge economy plus 3 . So the returns arent that different no matter whats going on with japans Business Cycle or any of our trading partners. The second is i think to the extent the world is becoming more chaotic, what does this mean about the retu...

Theres much that we can learn from this 13year experience in how to take a more comprehensive approach, and to recognize while kinetic actions have a value all of their own certainly and thats blatantly obvious, nonkinetic actions do as well. We can do much better at that than what we have done. Thank you. General matt is my time is up, but do you have any you want to add . Very quickly senator i would point out we have to improve the process assuming there is a process. Ive been unable to ident...

Interrelated integrated economy, a Global Economy here in the u. S. On weve done well. Ic,cn think its been testified to today. Weve madepy Great Strides in our recovery, but theres so much more upside potential. Dr. Hall, the governors right that . A;u it is a complicatedekm7n,n8 i think tax reform for sure. I think that theres a lot ofen improvements that, in our economic performance6 l q we rationalizing the tax system and53k0q eliminating double taxationcitjso we have closer to uniform of ta...

Again, to do it in a way thats environmentally sensitive. I think we can get that done and actually move the ball forward a bit. Thank you mr. Chairman. En in light of the fact we have governs standing governors standing by. We will wait for them. Thank you. This is an incredibly issue for new york state. Mas mass tras it nearly 8. 5 Million People bride the buses and trains in the city. Would you agree that it is important for them to receive money through the trust fund if congress were to cut...