We are going to very substantively reduce the number of programs or move, perhaps, to a small number of functions to dramatically streamline the Department of Transportation bureaucracy and the Federal Transportation Administration.
James Oberstar: “We are going to very substantively reduce the number of programs or move, perhaps, to a small number of functions to…”
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Oberstar discusses plans to streamline transportation programs and reduce bureaucracy.
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