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handle is hein.cbhear/fdsysaxgh0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUTHENTICATEO U.S. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION GP TRANSPORTATION AND HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2015 THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 2014 U.S. SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, Washington, DC. The subcommittee met at 10 a.m., in room SD-138, Dirksen Sen- ate Office Building, Hon. Patty Murray (chairman) presiding. Present: Senators Murray, Feinstein, Pryor, Reed, Collins, Blunt, Moran, and Boozman. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY STATEMENT OF HON. ANTHONY FOXX, SECRETARY OPENING STATEMENT OF SENATOR PATTY MURRAY Senator MURRAY. Good morning. This subcommittee will come to order. I want to welcome Secretary Anthony Foxx. He is here today in his first appearance before our subcommittee to talk about his Department's budget request and our Nation's transportation pol- icy. So thank you very much for being here. Many Americans are still struggling in what remains a tough economy, and we need to continue to focus on investments that cre- ate jobs and opportunity as well as make transportation safe and reliable. So I look forward today to a discussion about how this budget supports our communities and economy and tackles our transportation infrastructure deficit fairly and responsibly. It was only 2 months ago that Congress passed legislation to fund the Government for the rest of fiscal year 2014, and that achievement came after several years of gridlock, and was made possible because members on both sides of the aisle recognized the need for solutions rather than continued disruption and crisis. At the end of last year, I worked with Chairman Ryan to reach a 2-year bipartisan budget deal. Our budget rolled back some of the automatic across-the-board cuts to priorities like education, infra- structure, and research. It prevented another Government shut- down and restored some certainty and stability to families and communities, and did it in a balanced way without relying on spending cuts alone. The agreement made it possible for the Appro- priations Committee to not only complete its work and send a bill to the President and funds the Government for the rest of 2014,

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