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Congress has a once-in-a-decade opportunity to reform the federal highway and transit program to give greater responsibility and decision-making to the states and metropolitan areas
>> and then, senator coons, they said we will not cut the traditional investment of transit programs in the highway trust fund. robust funding for transit must be included in the legislation. we will not support any package that neglects this fundamental part of our nation's infrastructure. you're still optimistic we're going to see a deal tomorrow? >> well, jonathan, that makes it very clear how important transit is. it is not the only significant issue, but it is one of the most important ones. senator carper is chairman of the public works committee. and senator brown chairman of the bankin...
This is the time to rebuild our infrastructure. what i wish some of these hawks would understand is that we can't have a strong country unless we have a strong economy. we can't have a strong economy unless we have a good way to get our people to work, to get our businesses to be able to deliver goods and services in their supply chains, to bring goods and services from other countries, from other countries to our own. it takes a modern infrastructure to do that. our own engineers give us a failing grade in some categories and a barely pass aiing grade i others. that's not good enough. america...
Destructive wildfire in colorado state history. the waldo canyon fire is now 25% contained. some of the 30,000 forced to leave the area are now being allowed back home. the flames have destroyed nearly 350 homes and it is being blamed for at least two deaths. firefighters say several other people are missing. the house and senate passing a measure covering highway construction and student loans. lawmakers say the $100 billion ear marked or highway and transit programs will save about 2.8 million jobs over two years. the bill would also prevent interest rates from doubling on new college loan...
Refraction senate minority leader mitch mcconnell. that is sunday on "fox news sunday." congress passed a bill to keep student loan rates right where they are and create millions of construction jobs. it includes billions of dollars for highway and transit programs, roads and and bridges that had been up in the air and also prevents student loan rates from doubling. lawmakers on both sides of the aisle had to make hard choices and compromises to get the legislation through congress molly henneberg with more on that. republicans wanted a provision in the bill pushing along the keystone oil ...