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handle is hein.cbhear/fdsysbcss0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUTHENTICATED U.S. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION GPO TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING AND URBAN DE- VELOPMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES AP- PROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022 WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16, 2021 U.S. SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, Washington, DC. The committee met at 2:32 p.m., in room SD-192, Dirksen Sen- ate Office Building, Hon. Brian Schatz (chairman) presiding. Present: Senators Schatz, Reed, Murray, Coons, Van Hollen, Col- lins, Boozman, Hoeven, Kennedy, and Braun. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION STATEMENT OF HON. PETE BUTTIGIEG, SECRETARY OPENING STATEMENT OF SENATOR BRIAN SCHATZ Senator SCHATZ. This hearing will come to order. Good afternoon and welcome. Secretary Buttigieg, I'm really pleased and honored to have you before this subcommittee to tes- tify on the President's Budget Request for the Department of Transportation for fiscal year 2022. I look forward to discussing the President's vision and how this budget request, along with the American Jobs Plan, will help to im- prove the safety and efficiency of our transportation networks. It is a challenging time to plan ahead for DOT with a reauthor- ization bill on deck, an overall budget agreement outstanding, an American Jobs Plan under negotiations, the impact of COVID still wreaking havoc on transportation revenues, and Highway Trust Fund issues. Now that we have the President's budget proposal, it's time to get to work. It's not like the condition of our transportation infra- structure is a secret. We all know that the state of good repair needs in every single mode are in the billions of dollars. Highways and bridges have a $786 billion backlog, transit a $105 billion in deferred maintenance, and Amtrak needs $42 billion for the Northeast Corridor alone, and that's just the cost to address our current infrastructure deficit. That does not protect our roads, rail, and airports from rising sea levels and increasing flood risks. We must admit that resilience is not a luxury. We cannot adapt to the effects of climate change by nickeling and diming it. I agree with the Secretary that it is time for bold action. While it may be hard to come up with the revenues, it is nowhere near the hardship that we will face if we don't invest now. (1)

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