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House Budget Committee Hearing: State of the Highway Trust Fund: Long-Term Solutions for Solvency
April 24, 2013
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"Welcome, everybody. I want to thank our witnesses for agreeing to testify. We appreciate your taking the time to share your expertise. "Infrastructure is an important part of our economy. Government plays a role in our public infrastructure—our highways, our roads, our bridges. But the federal gov...
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House Budget Committee Votes To Advance FY2013 Path to Prosperity
March 21, 2012
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WASHINGTON – Moments ago, the House Budget Committee advanced a Fiscal Year (FY) 2013 budget resolution that cuts government spending, repairs the safety net, and lifts the crushing burden of debt. The FY2013 budget resolution is expected to be considered on the House floor next week. Following pass...
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Budget Boondoggle Award
The Train to Nowhere
June 15, 2011
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Prompted by an influx of Federal “stimulus” funds, the State of California has committed to match Washington’s cash and spend $5.5 billion for an initial high-speed rail segment joining two towns in the sparsely populated Central Valley region – despite major uncertainties about the line’s viability...
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Budget Boondoggle Award
September 22, 2010
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With the end of the failed “recovery summer” – and the President proposing yet another $50-billion “stimulus” – it is worth reviewing one administration economic program touted as a “success.” But even the celebrated “Cash for Clunkers” has been an expensive and bumpy ride for many American consumer...
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Hearing: Budgeting for Transportation: Financing Investment in Highways and Mass Transit
March 17, 2009
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Thank Chairman Spratt, welcome witnesses (Chairman Atkinson, Secretary Miller, and Tyler Duvall, the former Acting Under Secretary for Policy and the Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy at the U.S. Department of Transportation). Across our country, federal highway and transit spending have...
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