I think one of the most important things is that President Obama also made important notes about that some of the current systems that are in place in terms of operations and functionality of a lot of the departments and agencies and other areas are so very, very weak, and unless we fix that, all the funding in the world is not going to improve a whole lot, so I think that is another major issue that we really need to look at.
Garcia emphasizes the need to improve weak systems before funding can be effective.
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I am encouraged by Committee Chairman DeFazio's announcement last week of a transformational five-year, $760 billion investment in infrastructure.
Let me begin by thanking the committee and Chairman DeFazio for including section 1121 in the FAST Act to extend Tribal self-governance to the Department of Transportation.
if the funding, whether it is formula, percentages, no matter what happens with any funding that we are doing as the Federal Government with Tribal Governments, that that might need to be reevaluated.
With too few Federal appropriations, Tribes are falling behind the rest of the Nation, and transportation barriers hinder economic growth.
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