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Waiving that match was absolutely critical given the constraints that the States have and to ensuring that the funding will be used in ways that have both immediate impacts and constructive long-term effects.
This was no easy task but a very important development.
My smaller manufacturers say they need the Import Export Bank, they need the Foreign Commercial Service Office, and they need to be able to know how to use the resources of their own government.
I am very concerned about that because it ensured that every State, even rural States, got some minimum amount.
As usual, you figured out a solution there on the ground.
It is so important for us, if we are going to shape the budget correctly, make the right policy decisions, to hear from those of you who truly are on the front lines.
The President's budget proposes to eliminate FEMA's State homeland security grant program.
And that is why I am so proud of our firefighters not only in Maine, but throughout the country.
It was also troubling to hear you say to the chairman that you did not get help from the railroads.
That is a frustrating answer, I have to tell you.
Is the CPC-1232 design sufficient for transporting crude oil?
That was a program that Joe Lieberman and I authored many years ago.
In your work with Canadian officials, do we face special challenges because so many of these trains are crossing international boundaries?
The horrific derailment that occurred in Lac-Megantic, Quebec last year... brought to light the importance of ensuring the safe transportation of energy products.
Chairman Hersman, in your testimony you mentioned that 'some railroads' will meet the Positive Train Control (PTC) deadline.