Last month the Supreme Court ruled that certain enforcement provisions of the Port of Los Angeles clean truck program were preempted by Federal law.
Do you agree that without a change in Federal law, polluting truck bans could be successfully challenged in court?
I think what Mr. Foye is saying is that revenue from these tolls do go to service debt, but only debt for the transporta...
Well, thank you, Mr. Chairman. I will simply say that it has been a very informative hearing, a very informative tour, a...
It is important to note that the ATA litigation did not at any time challenge the ports' ability to impose clean truck p...
I hope we can keep our focus where it belongs and lead to some progress.
Today, we review the impact of the Supreme Court's decision in Shelby County v. Holder.
Without preclearance the Federal Government was always playing a whack-a-mole game with local jurisdictions.
I hope that we can nonetheless work cooperatively in the same bipartisan spirit that guided our 2006 deliberations.
I strongly believe that the facts we found in 2006 made a compelling case for retaining Section 5.
To be clear, the Voting Rights Act is not solely about racial animus. It is about political power.