For this reason, I find it perplexing that the Trump Administration proposed in each of its last three budgets to eliminate the EDA.
I am hopeful that as we move toward reauthorization of the FAST Act that we can put new direction and new emphasis on how to deal with this ...
Pedestrian deaths have also risen sharply in the last decade--an increase of 45 percent since 2009.
If that weren't bad enough, when you consider that the top causes of motor vehicle deaths are drunk driving, speeding, and distractions, you...
Somehow we seem to have become sort of inured to the fact that 100 people a day die in motor vehicle accidents.
They got a $3 million EDA grant, and the project is going forward.
Generally, EDA creates around three to four jobs per $10,000 in funding.
It is really a critical agency.
EDA is the only Government agency focused solely on economic development.
Somehow this has become tolerable.
When it comes to roadway safety every single life counts.