Eleanor Holmes Norton actually said...

By the time the Democrats took control of the Congress, its chair, Nydia Velazquez, was so disgusted with the program.

Norton describes Velazquez's discontent with the program's abuses.

06/25/2013

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It looks like nobody would be punished if we did at the Federal level what the States have already done at their level.

The CIG program has long enjoyed strong bipartisan support.

FTA now demands that all TIFIA funds be counted as Federal share, no matter who actually pays for the loan.

I want to work with him to find a way to get through this conundrum that the States have somehow managed to get through.