House Proceeding on Jun 11th, 2008 :: 2:57:26 to 2:59:09
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Pete Sessions: others on a bipartisan basis from the washington region to offer this amendment. i think we all know the federal government relies heavily on the metro system to bring thousands and thousands

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Tom Davis: of federal employees to work each day in our national security agencies, at the department of health and human resources services and other federal agencies throughout thisen region

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Speech By: Tom Davis

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Tom Davis: that help provide essential services to the american people. it's also a critical part of any evacuation plan in the event of a national emergency that would require the evacuation of

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Tom Davis: the capital. that's one of the reasons the federal government has made large investments in the wamata construction in the past and its maintenance and that's why it's important that we can't

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Tom Davis: to have a federal role. what the purpose of this amendment is to protect that federal investment because right now the federal government is at the whim of local jurisdictions as to whether

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Tom Davis: or not they're going to make their payments into this system as part of a partnership. what this does is says, yes, theederal government will provide, authorizes, up to $150 million a year

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Tom Davis: in matching funds. those funds may only be released when wamata certifies and notifies the department of transportation that local jurisdictions have provided a reliable and dedicated source

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Tom Davis: of funding for their share. it also increases accountability to protect the federal invest by creating an inspector general and adds four new federally appointed directors, this is to protect

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James L. Oberstar: the federal investment that's been made and make sure the interest of the people and the consumers and protect the federal government. this has passed the house. the dais provision has passed the house