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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 substantially greater investment. Were also going to need a greater level of investment over time. Not just six ...

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 suggesting that, you know, we get real and we cut to the chase so we actually solve this in a meani...

It captures the imagination of Real Estate Developers and they start to build dense developments and bring amenities into communities that traditionally may not have them. I think the challenge for us is that right now if we look at the amount of money were putting into transit, i think the demand for it is going to increase substantially over the next several years because of shear population movements. Thats why i would urge a more robust investment in transit, first of all. And secondly urge that we do more to partner with local communities, whether its mpos, or mayors or even governors in ...

Cost. When federal money is involved state governments do not spend their money as efficiently. Host we are out of time. Chris edwards with the cato institute. Robert with the brookings institute. Thank you. That does it for todays washington journal. We will be that you tomorrow morning. Enjoy the rest of your day. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2015] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] president gets briefed by german chancellor Angela Merkel about a scheduled summit wedn...

Choosing people which is one of the most important jobs of president has. It is an open question. I am not saying she would do a bad job but in the past, she sometimes has chosen people for their loyalty rather than for their talent. Not always but sometimes. This has been a real problem with the Obama Administration is that there has not been a real reaching out to the best and the brightest. He pretty much has the same people who he had on the hill who got him elected. I think through four people basically run that white house. I think hillary who has been a victim of that closed shop as sec...