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You have access to the rail. And the congestion goes down. In places like london, where we put in congestion pricing and more transportation, they see Traffic Volume down by 20 . Congestion down by 26 over the last three years using technology and mobility. And a better environment. That increases the quality of life for everybody in the market. That is the windfall for the average consumer. Good morning. I am tonya saunders. I represent one of the largest rail operators in the world. The reason i am standing, to underscore what the gentleman said, in addition to the taxes we look at, what are...

Much overlap. In organized labor and the largest business lobbying group are on the same page, why cant this get done . What is standing in the way . You have battled over this for years. What is in the way . Panelist it is pure politics right now. In the past, it is a bipartisan issue. Never bickering. Everyone knew you had to keep the country running. It is like your household. If something leaks, you have to fix it. If it needs painting, you have to fix it. The country needs to be replenished so we can stay competitive. Everyone knows that. Yet, they cannot figure out a way to get it done. ...

Reasons i voted for the training and equiping measures that have been implemented but my frustration is that as you also have observed there is a huge gap between the goals and missions that weve outlined for the United States and the actual action that were undertaking the train and equip activities are way behind what we might have hoped by this point and theres no clear timetable for really achieving the level of capability that we expected or hoped. I hope this has been a very sobering morning. I thank you all for being here. Thank you. Senator mccain i also want to thank the witnesses. It...

Discussion and help move transportation and infrastructure policy forward. Thank you very much, and i look forward to our discussion. Thank you. [ applause ] go ahead and sit in the middle. And rich, if you join us on the end there. Well have some q a here. Well chat a little bit and then time to open it up to some questions from you all in the audience. Thank you both for being here. As i said at the top, a host of issues where the chamber and the aflcio, organized labor do not see eye to eye. I saw mr. Trumka and on this issue there is so much overlap and the question is raised immediately, ...

The incident happened in baltimore, more than half the people there are unemployed. This is an area of town that doesnt have a single grocery store. Theres not a single restaurant in the area. Not even a fast food joint. So you have high unemployment. You have very few opportunities for people and its not surprising that theres a certain hopelessness and despair and frustration that sets in so that when theres an incident like freddie gray, it lights a spark and everything goes off. The question then becomes how do you tamp this down . How do you solve the problems that beset an area like that...