Stimulus and Federal Transportation Projects

Apr 14, 2009

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Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood talked about the transportation projects in the $787 billion economic stimulus plan, and he responded to telephone calls and electronic mail. Transportation projects account for $48.1 billion of the stimulus plan.
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood talked about the transportation projects in the $787 billion economic stimulus plan, and he responded to telephone calls and electronic mail. Transportation projects account for $48.1 billion of the stimulus plan.

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00:00:13 HOST THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION AND ITS EUROPEAN ALLIES ARE PLANNING TO DROP THEIR DEMANDS THAT IRAN RAPIDLY...
00:00:58 Unidentified Speaker SOME MAY HAVE THOUGHT IT WOULD TAKE MONTHS TO GET TO THIS POINT, BUT IN PART BECAUSE OF THE HARD WORK,...
00:02:12 HOST JOINING US TO TALK TO US ABOUT THIS THIS MORNING IS THE TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY, RAY LAHOOD. LET'S...
00:02:33 GUEST WELLCOME WOULD HAVE TWO WATCHED THE DOG -- TWO WATCHDOGS. IN THE STIMULUS BILL THERE WAS $20 MILLION...
00:03:37 HOST DOES YOUR INSPECTOR GENERAL AT THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT MODEL TO THE MONEY TO SEE HOW IT IS GOING...
00:03:50 GUEST HE REALLY HAS IDENTIFIED SOME PROGRAMS THAT HE IS GOING TO LOOK AT IN THE DIFFERENT MODES. WE HAD...
00:05:31 HOST CRITICS HAVE SAID THAT THE PUBLIC NEEDS TO BE BILINGUAL WHEN THEY LOOK AT THE RECOVERY.GOV WEB SITE....
00:05:54 GUEST WE ARE UPDATING IT ALL THE TIME, AND WE ARE TRYING TO PUT TOGETHER A LIST OF SERIOUS QUESTIONS PEOPLE...
00:06:12 HOST IN THE WASHINGTON POST, "THE IDEA IS TO SPEND BILLIONS, BUT YOU HAVE TO GET THE MONEY OUT THERE FAST....
00:06:29 GUEST I DO NOT BUY THAT ARGUMENT. I WAS A MEMBER OF CONGRESS FOR 14 YEARS, HAVE BEEN A PUBLIC SERVANT FOR...
00:07:28 GUEST ABOUT $45 BILLION. A LOT OF THAT IS ROAD AND BRIDGE MONEY. A LOT OF IT IS AIRPORT MONEY. SOON WE...
00:07:39 HOST LET'S HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC ON THIS. STERLING, VIRGINIA, ON THE REPUBLICAN LINE. CALLER: THANK YOU,...
00:08:43 HOST THANK YOU FOR YOUR CALL. WE ARE WORKING WITH THE DEPARTMENT'S OF TRANSPORTATION IN EVERY STATE. THEY...
00:09:45 HOST JOHN IS JOINING US FROM CALIFORNIA ON THE INDEPENDENT LINE. CALLER: GOOD MORNING. AN HONOR TO SPEAK...
00:10:47 GUEST THANK YOU. THE PRESIDENT IS VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS, AND WHEN THE PRESIDENT ASKED ME TO ASSUME ...
00:12:59 HOST WHAT CONCESSIONS WILL THE ADMINISTRATION MAKE?
00:13:02 GUEST PART OF IT HAS TO DO WITH THE NUMBER OF HOURS. THESE ARE VERY STRESSFUL JOBS, AND WE WANT THE BEST...
00:13:25 HOST NOT ON THE REPUBLICAN LINE, JOHN JOINS US FROM GROSSE POINTE, MICHIGAN. CALLER: MR. LAHOOD, YOU ARE...
00:13:43 GUEST THANK YOU. CALLER: I AM A VIETNAM-ERA VETERAN. CONCERNS ABOUT THE SPENDING IN THIS STIMULUS PACKAGE,...
00:15:10 GUEST THANK YOU.
00:15:12 HOST BEFORE YOU GO, ARE YOU BACKING THE MONEY SPENT IN MICHIGAN, AND ARE YOU PLEASED WHERE IT IS GOING?...
00:15:38 GUEST FIRST, LET ME COMPLIMENT GOVERNOR GRAN HOME. SHE HAS BEEN VERY AGGRESSIVE -- GOVERNOR GRANHOLM. SHE...
00:17:25 HOST HOW MANY JOBS WILL THE TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS CREATE THIS SUMMER AND THIS FALL?
00:17:29 GUEST AN ENORMOUS NUMBER. I DO NOT KNOW THE SPECIFIC NUMBER, GRETA, BUT WE WILL KNOW IT AND WE WILL POSTED...
00:17:59 HOST LET ME REMIND OUR VIEWERS THAT IF YOU ARE ON TWITTER, YOU CAN FOLLOW "WASHINGTON JOURNAL." WASHINGTON,...
00:19:15 GUEST I SIMPLY DO NOT AGREE WITH THE GENTLEMAN. I HAVE MET WITH A LOT OF AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS. THESE...
00:20:03 HOST JOINING US FROM NEW YORK IS JOE. CALLER: I AM A LITTLE SURPRISED THAT IT IS ONLY $40 BILLION TO $50...
00:21:00 GUEST THAT IS A VERY GOOD QUESTION, AND SOMETHING THAT WE ARE DEBATING IN CONGRESS AND WILL BE DEBATING...
00:22:53 HOST WHAT ARE SOME OF THOSE OPTIONS?
00:22:57 GUEST PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS, TOLLING, INFRASTRUCTURE BANK.
00:23:05 HOST WILL BE THAT -- WILL THAT BE THE ADMINISTRATION'S POSITION?
00:23:13 GUEST THAT IS WHAT THEY BELIEVE -- THAT IS WHAT WE BELIEVE THEY WILL BE WORKING ON WITH CONGRESSMAN THE...
00:23:20 HOST NEXT CALL. GOOD MORNING. CALLER: GOOD MORNING. I LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION...
00:24:15 HOST MR. SECRETARY?
00:24:17 GUEST I WILL BE HAPPY TO WORK WITH PEOPLE AND OUR DEPARTMENT. WE HAVE TRANSGENDERED PEOPLE IN OUR DEPARTMENT...
00:24:39 HOST FROM TWITTER, "WHAT ARE WE GOING TO REDUCE -- WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO TO REDUCE ENERGY GOING INTO...
00:24:54 GUEST OF THE SECRETARY OF HUD, SHAUN DONOVAN, AND I -- WE ARE LOOKING INTO CREATING COMMUNITIES WHERE PEOPLE...
00:26:03 HOST YOU EARLIER SAID THIS WAS A NEW EMPHASIS FROM THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION. HOW MANY MORE RESOURCES NEED...
00:26:20 GUEST WE NOT TO -- WE NEED TO NOT ONLY TALK THE TALK, BUT WE NEED TO PUT RESOURCES INTO IT. I THINK YOU...
00:26:35 HOST ARE WE TALKING BILLIONS?
00:26:37 GUEST WE ARE TALKING BILLIONS, YEAH. IF WE WANT TO HAVE A CLIMATE TO LIVE IN THAT IS CLEANER AND GREENER,...
00:27:01 HOST ANTHONY, A REPUBLICAN FROM CONNECTICUT. CALLER: GOOD MORNING. PRESIDENT OBAMA MENTIONED THIS YESTERDAY...
00:28:06 HOST SECRETARY LAHOOD, YOUR COMMENTS ON THAT?
00:28:13 GUEST WELL, I AM HAPPY THAT HE IS SATISFIED WITH THAT. WE ARE GOING TO CREATE JOBS AND THERE ARE A LOT OF...
00:28:30 HOST HOW MANY GOVERNORS HAVE YOU MET WITH THE FAR?
00:28:34 GUEST THE PRESIDENT WAS GOOD ENOUGH TO INVITE ME TO A MEETING IN THE WHITE HOUSE WHEN HE MET WITH THE GOVERNORS....
00:29:35 HOST MR. SECRETARY, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. WHEN WE COME BACK, WE WILL BE JOINED BY D.C. GOVERNOR ALLEN...

NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

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