We want to be advocates for you and help with these issues.
In particular, I am hoping that you are going to address what we are going to do with the maintenance backlog.
The Smithsonian's extensive real estate portfolio is a significant part of what allows for the Institution's continued 'diffusion of knowled...
However, when it comes to the Smithsonian's maintenance backlog, you have your work cut out for you.
The need for an efficient, reliable, and modern mode of transportation between American cities has never been more urgent.
There is no rail system in the world that makes money.
I particularly want to welcome State Representative Nancy Nathanson from the Eugene area, one of my constituents.
If either of those tunnels fail, it is $17 billion a year to the American economy.
Rail is so much more efficient than aviation or individual automobiles for passengers.
We spend hundreds of billions of dollars to subsidize every form of public transportation--highways, aviation, transit--yet Amtrak gets the ...
I share Chairwoman Titus' concerns about the Smithsonian's repeated circumvention of authorization by this Committee.