If we go back to the proposal in H.R. 7, which would mandate outsourcing the long-distance routes to the lowest bidder, but then would transfer the operating grants to the lowest bidder, I am puzzled as to how the taxpayers come out ahead on that one.
DeFazio questions the benefits of outsourcing public transport routes to the lowest bidder.
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I was a rehabilitation counselor. So, I am quite familiar with some of the struggles.
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…
Much of this forward-looking, practice-relevant, and transportation workforce expanding effort was catalyzed through the leadership of Congressman DeFazio fifteen years ago.
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