If Members wish to truly reduce the Nation's deficit, then supporting this amendment should be noncontroversial.
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Graves emphasizes the importance of supporting an amendment to reduce the deficit.
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I also hope that many of the reforms we have passed in my time on the Committee will help remove unnecessary red tape and bureaucratic policies as we move through the recovery process.
Effectively, this rising debt of the Federal Government will put increased pressure on Congress and this committee to fund infrastructure improvements through the general fund.
If project costs are tripling... I can go through and find probably 10 transportation projects that have more than doubled.
I look forward to hearing from both of our witnesses today about the difference this budget certainty has made for them in developing and sustaining programs.





