Elizabeth Esty: “The disruption around the New Haven Line is unacceptable and an avoidable failure.”

I hope we can take the lessons that are being learned there and make sure that those are used every time with forward-going programs.

I believe it is a model that for large-scale policymaking that other Committees--this Committee and other Committees--should look to duplicate.

I am happy to welcome everyone here today as we enter the home stretch on the implementation of the Appeals Modernization Act.

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