This panel is charged with looking at ways DOD can improve its business practices, not only for the benefit of the DOD budget, but also for the benefit of local companies who want to provide services and goods.
Rick Larsen emphasizes the need for DOD to enhance business practices for local companies.
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Thanks to the BIL, 57,000 projects are underway in every Congressional district across the country.
Everyone is for roadway safety--I don't question that at all--but it does seem you are making somewhat of a case, if we just leave it to formula grants only, there is no guarantee investment will be made in roadway safety as opposed to if we had the competitive grants for roadway safety, we could better encourage the national policy in investment and infrastructure that actually takes into account safety.
Committee Democrats have been calling for a rail safety hearing and rail safety legislation.
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