I feel very strongly about the Federal Government's role in this.
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DeFazio emphasizes the importance of federal support for local infrastructure projects.
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I am proud of the work of this committee and this Congress, as a whole, for these last 2 years to break through that inertia and deliver for the American people.
I just really think, even when we finally get to three functional, modern, major icebreakers, I mean, you still have the Antarctic mission and other things.
It is not excusable for this to be happening. These are special items, sometimes irreplaceable or nearly irreplaceable items and certainly in the short term. This has got to change.
Much of this forward-looking, practice-relevant, and transportation workforce expanding effort was catalyzed through the leadership of Congressman DeFazio fifteen years ago.





