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James Oberstar: “I would point out, and I appreciate the gentleman raising that, in our surface transportation authorization bill we…”

On the recordSeptember 30, 2009
I would point out, and I appreciate the gentleman raising that, in our surface transportation authorization bill we restructure the Federal Highway Administration and the Federal Transit Administration to include within them an Office of Project Expediting to designate one person or staff that will ride herd on projects of a certain size to ensure that they go through the permitting process and there are permits of a whole range of issues and entities at the Federal, State, county, township level, to get those all coordinated.
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James Oberstar
Democratic · Minnesota
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Oberstar discusses restructuring transportation agencies to expedite project approvals.

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