04/22/2009
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"I don't want to shortchange safety. I know that we need to trim our budgets, and everybody agrees that we're spending too much, but highway safety and transportation safety is very critical."
"the President announced that you and Secretary Napolitano would lead a long-term disaster recovery working group"
"the CDBG program is a critical tool, about $800 million directly to serve housing and other kinds of infrastructure needs in rural areas"
"There are overlapping programs."