07/11/2017
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"Surface transportation is the largest single contributor of greenhouse gases in the United States, and we need to begin to meaningfully address those."
"We have a $100 billion deficit to bring transit up to a state of good repair, let alone providing new transit options to people to help them get out of congestion."
"Thirty-six years I have been here working these issues, and the forces of inertia and not getting things done in Washington are quite strong."
"In the face of this challenge, we passed COVID relief: first the CARES Act, and then the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021, and then the American Rescue Plan Act."