10/09/2013
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"I was very alarmed by the President's budget blueprint for 2018, where he seeks to cut the Department of Transportation's budget by about 13 percent."
"I find your support for this budget with the significant cuts deeply concerning."
"Our machinists are aging out. The average age for a machinist in our plants is in their 50s, late 50s, and we don't have the next generation ready to come in."
"I'm deeply concerned that you have said that you will--that you support the President's 17 percent cut to DOT."