Last month, the House approved the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024 by a very strong, bipartisan vote of 387 to 26.

I urge the Committee to take long overdue action on rail safety so that passengers and communities with rail in their backyards have a level of safety oversight and protection afforded to other modes of transportation.

Providing funding for intercity passenger rail projects was one of Congress's major objectives when it enacted CRISI.

We are here today to discuss the discretionary grant programs at the Department of Transportation and to hear firsthand from stakeholders about their experiences with the Department's grant processes.

certainty and predictability and clear criteria was always something that was very helpful to us.

The Gateway Program is the most urgent infrastructure project in the entire country.

I helped create two programs, Reconnecting Communities and Neighborhood Access and Equity, to begin redressing some of these harms.

We are here today to discuss discretionary grant programs at the Department of Transportation (DOT) and to hear firsthand from stakeholders about their experiences with the Department's grant processes.

This represents 30 percent of the total funding provided by the IIJA.

the actual increase of the formula distribution in IIJA was not even enough to fully cover the cost of inflation.

The Committee will continue to closely follow the Service's efforts to fulfill its commitments.