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ms. norton: i would like to respond to the comments. the national park service has a maintenance backlog of $23 billion including $2 billion in the district of columbia alone. the national park service does not have the money to transform the stadium site from acres of asphalt into parks or mixed uses. there is precedent for congress giving title to or administration jurisdiction over federal land to states and other jurisdictions for no consideration. we do not have to look far for examples. let's look at two of the examples in d.c. section 8124 of the title 40 has permitted the federal government to transfer administrative jurisdiction over federal land in d.c. to the d.c. government for no consideration. second, in 1986, congress directed the department of interior to enter into a 50-year lease with d.c. for the r.f.k. stadium site for no consideration. while it is true that h.r. 4984 does not require d.c. to pay the federal government for federal jurisdiction over the r.f.k. site, it is expected d.c. will spend hundreds of millions
ms. norton: i would like to respond to the comments. the national park service has a maintenance backlog of $23 billion including $2 billion in the district of columbia alone. the national park service does not have the money to transform the stadium site from acres of asphalt into parks or mixed uses. there is precedent for congress giving title to or administration jurisdiction over federal land to states and other jurisdictions for no consideration. we do not have to look far for examples....
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. >> thank you, ms. norton. i would recognize chairman graves. he's not able to be with us at this particular hearing, so i recognize the member of the full committee mr. larson. >> thank you, mr. chair. and i want to thank the chair into the ranking member for having the hearing today and i want to welcome all of the witnesses. thanks for participating in the hearing today about your work to implement. the bipartisan infrastructure law in this hearing today is an opportunity to highlight how these federal infrastructure dollars are benefiting communities and helping us to build a cleaner and more accessible transportation system the investment level and number of new initiatives with previous transportation bills and congress handed them to a tall order to implement the legislation. the first two fiscal years the department distributed over $180 billion in highway funds and 40 billion in transit funds in states and localities. it's gone out under more than three dozen competitive grant programs and more is on the way. just this morning the depar
. >> thank you, ms. norton. i would recognize chairman graves. he's not able to be with us at this particular hearing, so i recognize the member of the full committee mr. larson. >> thank you, mr. chair. and i want to thank the chair into the ranking member for having the hearing today and i want to welcome all of the witnesses. thanks for participating in the hearing today about your work to implement. the bipartisan infrastructure law in this hearing today is an opportunity to...
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. >> i recognize ms. norton for five minutes. mr. whitaker, as cochair of the quiet skies caucus and the member who represents the district of colombia which is plagued by aviation noise, i have been fighting to reduce aviation noise in dc and across the country. while the safety of the aviation system is faa's priority, the faa needs to do much more to combat airplane and helicopter noise which will harm the health quality of life and the structural integrity of homes. last year i got two provisions including in the house passed faa reauthorization bill to combat noise in dc. would of the provisions faa within 180 days to create and implement a helicopter noise sharing mechanism for all helicopter operatest in the capital region and to make the data collected accessible to the public online. the data, this data would help us develop additional solutions to address helicopter noise. my other provision would direct the government accountability office to conduct a study of reducing helicopter noise in dc almost all of which is generat
. >> i recognize ms. norton for five minutes. mr. whitaker, as cochair of the quiet skies caucus and the member who represents the district of colombia which is plagued by aviation noise, i have been fighting to reduce aviation noise in dc and across the country. while the safety of the aviation system is faa's priority, the faa needs to do much more to combat airplane and helicopter noise which will harm the health quality of life and the structural integrity of homes. last year i got...
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. >> thank you, ms. norton. and i would recognize chairman graves. he is not currently with us for this particular hearing so i will now recognize ranking member of the full committee. >> i want to think the chair and ranking member for having this today and i want to welcome all the d.o.t. witnesses and thanks for being here on the subcommittee hearing today about your work to bil. the bipartisan infrastructure lot in this hearing today is another opportunity to highlight how these federal infrastructure dollars are benefiting communities and helping us to build a better, cleaner, safer, and more accessible transportation system. congress provided five and $30 billion for roads, bridges, transits, buses, ferries, and other structure needs under the subcommittee jurisdiction. the investment level and number of new initiatives in the bil exceeds previous bills and was a tall order in implementing this legislation. in the first two years of the bil, the department allocated $40 billion in transit funds to states and localities. funding has gone out und
. >> thank you, ms. norton. and i would recognize chairman graves. he is not currently with us for this particular hearing so i will now recognize ranking member of the full committee. >> i want to think the chair and ranking member for having this today and i want to welcome all the d.o.t. witnesses and thanks for being here on the subcommittee hearing today about your work to bil. the bipartisan infrastructure lot in this hearing today is another opportunity to highlight how these...
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. >> i now recognize ms.mes norton for five minutes. >> i think the chair and ranking member for holding this hearing children more about the challenges the federal aviation administration is currently facing, and to emphasize the importance of passing a long term faa reauthorization bill soon. mr. whitaker, as cochair of the quiet skies caucus in the member who represents the district of columbia, which is plagued by aviation noise, i have been fighting to reduce aviation noise in d.c. and across the country. while the safety of the aviation system must be the faa's priority, the faa needs to do much more to combat airplane and helicopter noise, which will harm the health quality of life and that structural integrity of homes. last year i got revisions including the house passed faa reauthorization bill, to combat helicopter noise in d.c. one of these provisions would require the faa within 180 days to create and implement a helicopter noise sharing mechanism for all helicopter operators in the national capi
. >> i now recognize ms.mes norton for five minutes. >> i think the chair and ranking member for holding this hearing children more about the challenges the federal aviation administration is currently facing, and to emphasize the importance of passing a long term faa reauthorization bill soon. mr. whitaker, as cochair of the quiet skies caucus in the member who represents the district of columbia, which is plagued by aviation noise, i have been fighting to reduce aviation noise in...