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Boxer, Barbara - U.S. Senator, [D] California
MINUTES. >>> THIS IS A VERY BIG DAY FOR US. I BELIEVE IT'S A MILESTONE AND EVERY ONE OF THE PANELISTS HERE PLAYED A ROLE AND I JUST BEFORE I BEGIN...
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Inhofe, James M. - U.S. Senator, [R] Oklahoma
THANK YOU, MADAME CHAIRMAN. I -- I WANT TO PUT ONE AN EDITORIAL FROM THE OKLAHOMAN IN THE RECORD. I THINK IT'S VERY, VERY GOOD. LET ME START BY COMMENDING...
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Boxer, Barbara - U.S. Senator, [D] California
AND I AGREE, THIS IS A VERY, VERY SIGNIFICANT DAY. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. JUST WANT TODAY SAY SOMETHING I SAID TO HIM PRIVATELY AND SENATOR INHOFF...
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| 00:13:21 |
Baucus, Max - U.S. Senator, [D] Montana
BAUCUS. >> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIRMAN. AND I THANK YOU FOR SCHEDULING THIS HEARING AS WE FINALIZE OUR BILL. I WANT TO READ A QUOTE AND I WANT EVERYONE...
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| 00:18:45 |
Sessions, Jefferson "Jeff" - U.S. Senator, [R] Alabama
INHOFF FOR WORKING, PUTTING TOGETHER MAP 21, THAT IS A FRAMEWORK. OUR STATE HIGHWAY DIRECTOR RAISED WHEN HE TESTIFIED HERE, SO YOU'VE MADE PROGRESS...
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| 00:22:28 |
Sanders, Bernard "Bernie" - U.S. Senator, [I] Vermont
MYSELF IN AGREEMENT WITH MUCH OF WHAT HAS BEEN SAID. I WAS A MAYOR FOR EIGHT YEARS AND IF YOU DON'T INVEST IN IT, IF YOU DON'T MAINTAIN, REBUILD IT,...
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| 00:25:45 |
Boxer, Barbara - U.S. Senator, [D] California
LOCKING IN FUNDING FOR SIX YEARS AND THE KIND OF JOB OUR GOOD SENATOR BAUCUS HAS TO DO AND HIS COMMITTEE GETTING SUPPORT, BUT I KNOW HOW YOU FEEL...
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| 00:26:01 |
Lautenberg, Frank R. - U.S. Senator, [D] New Jersey
A LONG TIME CHAMPION OF TRANSPORTATION, SO GLAD YOU'RE HERE. PLEASE HAVE THE FLOOR. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM CHAIRMAN. I WON'T BE LONG, BUT I START...
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| 00:31:14 |
Boxer, Barbara - U.S. Senator, [D] California
WELL, I CAN ASSURE YOU, WE'RE NOT BECAUSE FRANKLY, THE WORK THAT WENT INTO THIS BILL REALLY CAME FROM STAKEHOLDERS ALL OVER THE NATION. I'M OPTIMISTIC...
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| 00:31:48 |
Boozman, John - U.S. Senator, [R] Arkansas
ALONG WITH SENATORS BAUCUS AND VITOR, THE FACT THE COMMITTEE WAS ABLE TO REACH AN AGREEMENT WAS NOTHING SHORT OF MIRACLOUS. I WOULD LIKE TO THANK OUR...
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| 00:33:22 |
Boxer, Barbara - U.S. Senator, [D] California
KNOWS, WELL, RIGHT NOW, YOU ARE THE CHAIRMAN -- PRESIDENT OF THE CONFERENCE OF MAYORS. HE HAS DONE WONDERS IN LOS ANGELES AND CONTINUES TO. THIS IS...
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| 00:33:57 |
Villaraigosa, Antonio R. - Mayor
1:00 TODAY, SO YOU JUST GO AND IF YOU NEED TO LEAVE, PLEASE, WE UNDERSTAND. WE'RE THRILLED THAT YOU'RE HERE, MAYOR. >> ACTUALLY, I HAVE TO WELCOME...
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| 00:43:04 |
O'Sullivan, Terence M. - General President
SIR. >> THANK YOU. ON BEHALF OF THE WORKING MEN AND WOMEN, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN BOXER, RANKING MEMBER INHOFF AND ALL THE MEMBERS OF...
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| 00:48:36 |
James, Donald - President and CEO
YOU. >> THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN BOXER, RANKING MEMBER SESSIONS SAID IN HIS GRACIOUS INTRODUCTION, VULCAN MATERIALS IS THE LARGEST PRODUCERS OF CONSTRUCTION...
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| 00:55:10 |
Martinovich, Susan - President
AND I WANT TO THANK YOU, AGAIN, YOUR ORGANIZATION FOR BEING PART OF THIS GREAT COALITION THAT IS BEHIND OUR BIPARTISAN APPROACH. >> THANK YOU, SENATOR....
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Ridley, Gary - Director
HAS GIVEN YOU A VERY WARM INTRODUCTION, AND WE WELCOME YOU. >> MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. MY NAME IS GARY RIDLEY. I AM SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION...
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Lovaas, Deron - Director
COUNCIL. WELCOME. >> THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN BOXER, RANKING MEMBER INHOFE, MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE FOR INVITING ME TO TESTIFY TODAY. I WANT YOU TO IMAGINE...
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Cohen, Gregory M. - President and CEO
MADAM CHAIRMAN, RANKING MEMBER INHOFE, MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE, I'M HONORED TO APPEAR HERE BEFORE YOU TODAY TO PRESENT TESTIMONY INDICATING OUR STRONG...
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| 01:18:32 |
Boxer, Barbara - U.S. Senator, [D] California
TO JUST SAY -- I THOUGHT, MR. COHEN, YOU REALLY BROUGHT IT HOME TO ME THAT A LOT OF REFORMS IN THIS BILL, PROBABLY ALL OF THEM, AND THERE ARE MANY, REALLY...
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| 01:23:20 |
Villaraigosa, Antonio R. - Mayor
FAMILIAR WITH THEM. IF NOT, WE'LL PUT THOSE IN THE RECORD. GO AHEAD. >> YES. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK YOU AND THE COMMITTEE FOR...
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| 01:28:25 |
Inhofe, James M. - U.S. Senator, [R] Oklahoma
YOU, MADAM CHAIRMAN. YOU KNOW, WE WENT THROUGH THIS BACK IN 2005. AT THAT TIME WE WERE A MAJORITY AND I WAS A CHAIRMAN. WE HAD A SUCCESSFUL EFFORT THEN,...
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| 01:30:53 |
Ridley, Gary - Director
ANTICIPATED REVENUES AT THE FEDERAL LEVELS CONSIDERING CURRENT STATUTES AND CURRENT LAW, SO IF YOU HAVE BASICALLY ONE-THIRD REDUCTION OF THE FEDERAL...
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| 01:34:27 |
Martinovich, Susan - President
WOULD COME OR EVEN HOW MUCH BECAUSE OF THE UNKNOWN TIMES ARE AND WHAT THE CRITERIA, IS AND ASSUMING IT'S ALL THE SAME, I STILL WILL BE HESITANT TO...
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| 01:36:12 |
O'Sullivan, Terence M. - General President
ON. >> IF WE USED THE STATISTICS OF 34,000 JOBS CREATED FOR EVERY BILLION, THERE WOULD BE AN AWFUL LOT MORE JOBS. THERE WOULD BE LESS UNEMPLOYMENT...
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| 01:37:42 |
Boxer, Barbara - U.S. Senator, [D] California
WE'RE GETTING. >> WELL, IT IS EXTRAORDINARY. I WENT ABOUT A YEAR AGO TO A JOB RETRAINING CENTER IN THE CENTRAL VALLEY, AND I -- ONE OF THE PROGRAMS WAS...
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| 01:38:29 |
Merkley, Jeffery "Jeff" - U.S. Senator, [D] Oregon
YOU, MADAM CHAIR, AND I REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTAND FULLY THE JOB IMPLICATIONS. I'VE HEARD THE ESTIMATES RANGING FROM 700,000 JOBS AT THE...
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| 01:39:05 |
James, Donald - President and CEO
FROM MY COMPANY, FOR MY COMPANY, MY CUSTOMERS' COMPANIES AND OUR SUPPLIERS' COMPANIES, WE ARE STAFFED AT A LEVEL TODAY THAT IS IN ANTICIPATION OF...
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Villaraigosa, Antonio R. - Mayor
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Ridley, Gary - Director
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Whitehouse, Sheldon - U.S. Senator, [D] Rhode Island
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James, Donald - President and CEO
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O'Sullivan, Terence M. - General President
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Boxer, Barbara - U.S. Senator, [D] California
IS OUR MINDS FROM ALABAMA TO CALIFORNIA AND EVERY OTHER PLACE THAT IS A STARK REMINDER IS AND FREIGHT AND THE REST OF IT. >> THANK YOU. I JUST --...
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| 01:51:57 |
Sessions, Jefferson "Jeff" - U.S. Senator, [R] Alabama
THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT AND BUDGET MEMBER, I HAD TO WARN THEM THAT THEY HAD TO TIGHTEN THEIR BELTS LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE AND SO WE'RE ALL IN THAT MODE...
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| 01:53:37 |
Ridley, Gary - Director
A STRUCTURALLY DEFESHT BRIDGE AND HAVE TO TAKE A DETOUR WITH A HEAVY LOAD AND THE SCHOOL BUSES CAN'T CROSS THE BRIDGE BECAUSE THE ARCH LOAD OF A SCHOOL...
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| 01:54:54 |
James, Donald - President and CEO
SEVEN DAYS A WEEK. THEY BROUGHT A LOT OF LABOR IN AND THEY GOT THE BRIDGE REPAIRED. IT WAS DESTROYED BY A FIRE AND IT WAS BACK IN SERVICE, I THINK...
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| 01:55:42 |
Sessions, Jefferson "Jeff" - U.S. Senator, [R] Alabama
AND START CONSTRUCTION, WHICH IS OFTEN OCCURRED. >> I THINK SOME OF OUR GOVERNORS AND POLITICIANS THEY PROMISE 20 ROADS AND THEY'VE GOT MONEY TO COMPLETE...
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| 01:57:41 |
Boxer, Barbara - U.S. Senator, [D] California
YOU'RE SO RIGHT. IF WE BUILD INCENTIVES INTO COMPLETION ON TIME OR AHEAD OF TIME IT HELPS. WITH THIS KARMA GEGEN THING WE HAD THE CONTRACTOR FINISH....
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