something we were kenned abou n concerned about and the fast rail as well. you will have to ask the chairman about that when he comes back, but there was some effort to go after money that had been previously appropriated like under stimulus that had not been obligated yet. and, you know, that was -- i had the problem in my own state, and if i called the secretary of transportation and said, you better obligate and work out this agreement as fast as you can, because they will probably take the money if you don't do that. so that happened in a number of areas and sends a perverse incentive to local jurisdictions to spend this money as quickly as they can even if it is less than optimum, because they need to get it out the door, than perhaps a more thoughtful way. so it sets a perverse incentive that they should have the money obligated as quickly as possible even if it serves as the less optimum in the outcome. with that i will yield back. >> thank you, thank you, mr. chairman. we have heard about shared sacrifice and when we think about it, i think of the sh

something we were kenned abou n concerned about and the fast rail as well. you will have to ask the chairman about that when he comes back, but there was some effort to go after money that had been previously appropriated like under stimulus that had not been obligated yet. and, you know, that was -- i had the problem in my own state, and if i called the secretary of transportation and said, you better obligate and work out this agreement as fast as you can, because they will probably take the money if you don't do that. so that happened in a number of areas and sends a perverse incentive to local jurisdictions to spend this money as quickly as they can even if it is less than optimum, because they need to get it out the door, than perhaps a more thoughtful way. so it sets a perverse incentive that they should have the money obligated as quickly as possible even if it serves as the less optimum in the outcome. with that i will yield back. >> thank you, thank you, mr. chairman. we have heard about shared sacrifice and when we think about it, i think of the sh