Looking at it from their side, they do not want to make a mistake because the first mistake, politics will implode on whoever makes a mistake, whether it is a Republican Administra...
According to the Federal Highway Administration, every dollar made available for TIFIA can mobilize up to $30 in transportation investments.
Will you stand ready to be a resource for us as we put together the next bipartisan highway bill?
I agreed with every single thing you said.
The additional funding for TIFIA in MAP-21, including leveraging, will support 1 million jobs.
The TIFIA Program provides direct loans, loan guarantees and lines of credit to surface transportation projects at favorable terms.
We are here today to conduct oversight of the TIFIA Program which we greatly expanded in MAP-21.
We have just as much at stake in the TIFIA Program as all of you do because we put our confidence in it.
MAP-21 also made improvements to make TIFIA assistance more practical and usable for all regions of the Country, particularly rural areas.
I think it is important because you point out at the same time you want to get the money out on the street you also want to make sure they a...
I want to just take a moment and say that our friend, Senator Lautenberg, was a lifelong champion on this issue and had a 95 percent lifetim...