allegheny county was created by an act of the north carolina legislature in 1859. the county sits astride the appalachian mountains in the north carolina high country and boasts some of the most beautiful mount yea scenery in north carolina. since its creation in 1859, allegheny county has been called home by countless hardworking north carolinians from farmers to small business owners who know the value of a hard day's work. one of allegheny's most notable native sons, robert taughton, served here in the house of representatives for 42 years from 1911 to 1953. congressman taughton -- daughton was chairman of the house ways and means committee for 18 of his years in congress. he also played a decisive role in creating the blue ridge parkway which we all know is one of the most beautiful scenic roads in america. today allegheny hosts a 6,000 acre park named in his honor and known for its excellent wildlife viewing. the blue ridge parkway itself also cuts a scenic path in the county just a stone's throw from the county seat, sparta. it is a place of unique beauty and

brad penrod director and ceo of the allegheny county airport authority representing airports council international north america and john keating president and chief operating officer oldcastle materials group fees representing american road and transportation builders association. we will begin with mr. brown. >> thank you madam chairman as a special note we have included a few figures that were correctly added and not have been fixed and we ask we have been allowed to submit the revised testimony is just a couple of technical changes. think you'll. >> my name is larry butch brown i am the director of the mississippi department of transportation serving vice president of the american association of state highway and transportation officials and m the incoming president this fall. i want to thank you for your efforts in securing transportation funding as part of the legislation. today want to emphasize three major points. allstate's of obligated 50 percent are more of the funds will before the june 30 deadline. projects are under construction and people are going back to work and sta

at the allegheny county airport and $2 million in stimulus money will be used to renovate taxiways and reconfigure aircraft to do air coming this facilities in the rams' based. construction is scheduled to begin the week of july 20th and when completed will be able to make states available for construction of mass -- much needed facility so we are trading ford -- for the construction jobs now we're also setting the stage for future jobs and aircraft maintenance operations. the $10 million a nose package will rehabilitate runway 1432, won over four runways used by military and commercial flights. this will be utilized to rehabilitate airfield pavement, make rating improvements, uptake pavement markings, and lighting systems. notice to proceed is expected in september and will pre 207 jobs. one point this committee made clear was recovery and funding to be for projects shovel ready. i am pleased to be able to report that many airports across the country have their shovels in the ground. and sarasota international airport to have completed a logical work on the $2.3 million overlay of run

ones and the only big one was the indians swept the field for hundreds of miles, was through the alleghenies, and they marched on philadelphia, and then the quakers seemed to have begged the scotch irish to send their militias to defend philadelphia. i have no argument with the quakers. i rather like them, but, the character, the community i grew up in, communicated to me that essentially, anybody can do anything. that you don't stand on degrees or titles, performance is the only sane way to measure anybody. so, you ought to teach your a-students to cough -- can they do anything that somebody else would say, wow! that is meritorious? or we need you, come help us. we're drowning in a-students right now, that are -- don't have any idea what to do. [laughter]. >> because they listen to orders and no one -- [applause]. >> no one is available to give any orders, that make any sense. >> one more question. only time for one more. >> [inaudible]. >> [laughter]. >> short answer. >> i must say, that when i got interdo you haved to the world of libertarians, that was practically the first question i wa