. -- secretary la hood. that is high-speed rail in america. the recovery act appropriated $9.3 billion over and above f r ra's intended in 2009. we take pride that we have met or exceeded every one of the milestones set for us in the recovery act. the first significant recovery act milestone was the obligation of $1.3 billion in capital funds to amtrak within 30 days of enactment. that milestone was met on march 17. over and above the obligation of those funds, amtrak has approved specific projects totaling $1.1 billion. the bulk of the funding awaiting final approval involves security investments in the department of homeland security is assisting. we anticipate the remaining projects covering the entire $1.3 billion will be approved within the next three weeks. amtrak is now turning approved projects into orders for materials and supplies and working on rebuilding its railroads. the amtrak president is a witness today. i will leave it to him to talk about the progress that amtrak is making with these dollars. let me talk about the president'

on march 3rd, president obama and vice president biden joined secretary la hood at d.o.t. to announce that 26.6 billion was available to states for highway investment. and within hours of the president's announcement, we began to approve projects. as of yesterday, fhwa division offices have authorized more than 5,000 projects in all 50 states, d.c. and the territories for a total of $15.7 billion which represents 59% of total funds available. i'm proud to say this wouldn't have happened without the strong commitment of fhwa employees. they've worked hard for many months, even before the act was passed to ensure that we'd be ready to implement legislation swiftly and efficiently. in passing the recovery act, congress emphasized the need to rapidly infuse these funds requiring that 50% of the funds apportioned to a state must be obligated under a project agreement by june 29th. i'm pleased to say all states have met the deadline. we're hearing good news from states that projects are running ahead of schedule and under budget. by stretching recovery dollars states are able to