With only $245 million available nationwide this year for projects through the Section 130 Railway-Highway Grade Crossing Program, many states struggle to cover the costs of multi-million dollar projects.
DeFazio discusses the insufficient funding for grade crossing safety projects.
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The Coast Guard does not have the privilege of ignoring the significant and consequential impacts that climate change is having on our environment.
So, I guess that kind of raises the issue, which I will be passing on to Garret Graves, who I think will chair this committee in the future, of whether or not we should raise the passenger facility charge so we have a user fee which pays…
We have to provide resources to the Coast Guard so they can mitigate the effects of climate change in their operational planning.
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