George Voinovich: “You indicated that you have done an analysis of the people that should be governmental and replacing contractors.”

DERA is one of the most cost-effective clean air Federal programs and it does indeed provide an economic and health benefit of some $13 for every dollar of moneys that are spent.

I would like to say, again, thank you very, very much for the good work that you have done.

I am very proud of the role public transit played in leading a tremendous resurgence in a city that, quite honestly needed help.

The current structure falls short in comparison to a model that provides additional accountability and reasonably insulates the organization from political interference