John D. Porcari: “We would be derelict in our duty if we did not examine how these arbitrary and massive cuts will impact core Government…”

To be clear, Mr. Nadler, for both the Portal Bridge and the tunnel, those projects cannot go forward without a Federal commitment.

The Gateway Project is eliminating a single point of failure for 10 percent of America's gross domestic product

I would point out the easy stuff has been done. Since 2008, within the Federal Aviation Administration, we have cut $510 million out of the cost basis by reducing travel by 30 percent, IT savings of $36 million, $100 million from…

As important as the discussion is today about reengineering the process, greater efficiencies, more concurrent process, all of which we support, that only helps if the money is there to actually build the project at the end of it.