Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies
David Price (NC), Ranking Member
Mike Quigley (IL)
Katherine Clark (MA)
Pete Aguilar (CA)
Jurisdiction
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Department of Transportation
Related Agencies
Architectural and Transportation Barriers Compliance Board
Federal Maritime Commission
National Transportation Safety Board
Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation
United States Interagency Council on Homelessness
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
I'd like to join you in welcoming my friend and fellow North Carolinian, Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx. I am familiar with his many accomplishments as Mayor of Charlotte, and I know we are lucky to have him leading DOT.
Mr. Secretary, your work in the rapidly growing metropolitan area of Charlotte, particularly on the LYNX light rail system and the expansion of the Charlotte-Douglas International Airport, demonstrates that you know how to execute critical transportation projects. In your almost two years as Secretary, you have also seen first-hand our nation's great infrastructure needs, and I am pleased to see that your FY 2016 budget proposal requests robust, ambitious, and critically-needed funding for our nation's transportation system.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I would like to welcome Secretary Anthony Foxx and thank him for coming before our committee today.
The programs under the jurisdiction of this subcommittee are some of the most important, and are a prime illustration of how indiscriminate budget cutting has had a massive impact across this entire nation. Our infrastructure needs simply cannot be ignored any longer.
The President has requested a robust increase for this bill in Fiscal Year 2016, calling on Congress to provide the critical investments necessary to accelerate and sustain economic growth. His overall budget calls for investments in research, education, training, and infrastructure – all vitally important and all interconnected.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. It is good to be here this afternoon at the first of the subcommittee's seven scheduled hearings.
As we begin hearings on the FY 2016 budget requests for the Departments of Housing and Urban Development and Transportation, I would like to congratulate the Chairman on his new role. I look forward to working with you in this coming year, and I am hopeful that we can continue this subcommittee's history of bipartisanship, openness, and transparency.
I would also like to take this opportunity to welcome Mr. Cuellar to the subcommittee, as well as the new Republican member, Mr. Jolly. We have a great roster this Congress, Mr. Chairman, and I want you to know that the Democratic Members are ready to get to work.