I guarantee you a year from now if we are sitting here having these hearings and we have invested a vast sum of our taxpayer dollars into br...
One of the things I think we're all aware of in this region is that the I-5 Columbia River bridge is aging.
I'm surprised it's taken this long in a hearing to have that word to come up.
Transportation is a critical part of that.
I want to thank all of our witnesses today.
For every $1 billion spent on transportation over 47,000 new family wage jobs are created.
The strategic plan that's been talked about is pretty ambitious.
We have the highest unemployment in the Nation between the two States and Alaska.
We stand ready to help America rebuild.
We have many challenges. We'll be working with you on that.
I want to reiterate for all of you, that this record will remain open for 15 days.
recognizing Senator Hatfield who has contributed so much to this region.
Are there any efforts underway right now to identify or study how to improve some of the intermodal connections between rail and truck, seap...
I would agree. I would just say that we have to also take into account regional impacts.
I want to thank the Clark County Commissioners for letting us hold our field hearing here.
And grow your industry, that's our goal.
I want to thank all of our witnesses for their testimony today.
I think we have a real problem moving forward here.
