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handle is hein.cbhear/fdsysaubx0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUT-ENTICATED US. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION GP TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING AND URBAN DE- VELOPMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES AP- PROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2018 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8, 2017 U.S. SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, Washington, DC. The subcommittee met at 10:02 a.m., in Room SD-192, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Hon. Susan Collins (chairman) presiding. Present: Senators Collins, Boozman, Daines, Hoeven, Reed, Leahy, and Coons. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION STATEMENT OF HON. DAVID BERNHARDT, COMMISSIONER, MAINE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, PRESIDENT, AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF STATE HIGHWAY AND TRANSPORTATION OFFICIALS OPENING STATEMENT OF SENATOR SUSAN COLLINS Senator COLLINS. The hearing will come to order. Today, our sub- committee is holding this hearing on the state of our Nation's transportation infrastructure and potential funding and financing options to help meet the long-term transportation needs of our Na- tion. I am very pleased to be joined by Senator Jack Reed, who re- turns to the subcommittee as our ranking member. We have worked very, very closely together, and I am just delighted that he did not abandon me and go to some other subcommittee. I also want to also welcome our other subcommittee members who have joined us today, as well as our panel of witnesses. We are joined by witnesses Dave Bernhardt, who is the Commis- sioner of Maine's Department of Transportation, and he also serves as President of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, or AASHTO, as I am told it is called. Jim Tymon, the Chief Operating Officer of AASHTO is also with us. Todd Hauptli, the President and CEO of the American Associa- tion of Airport Executives, will be providing an important perspec- tive, as well as Ed Mortimer, the Executive Director of Transpor- tation Infrastructure at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and we are delighted that Beth Osborne, the Director of Technical Assist- ance for Transportation for America, or (T4A), is also with us. The impetus for today's hearing, not surprisingly, is President Trump's intention to invest $1 trillion in our Nation's infrastruc- (1)

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