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 If Amtrak had the same opportunity to receive federal infrastructure investments as highway and aviation interests, with a federal match comparable to funds available to those modes of transportation, many more communities would avail themselves of passenger rail service.

 Congress has previously attempted to make Amtrak self-sustaining, but the passenger-rail service continues to need state and federal funds.

 [Referring to the budget proposal as] a wake-up call, ... a 50-50 federal match for state investments in passenger rail infrastructure.

 If Amtrak fails, intercity passenger rail will be gone in this country, ... If we can't make it at Amtrak, we're all in trouble.

 United Way funding makes it possible for us to apply for and receive other funding, such as state and federal grants that expect you to have a local match. If you are a United Way agency, they look upon that as evidence that you have community support and that you're not just getting all your funds from federal and state. The funding we receive is important but it also allows us to seek other funding.

 Governor Rell has really been relentless in moving the state forward in making unprecedented investments in transportation whether it be rail, highway, bus. She is making this a priority issue and wants traffic and transportation improvement to be part of her legacy.

 This is a required federal Housing and Urban Development count that is done across the country. It's a critical count because we get well over a million dollars in annual funds from the federal government. We need to be able to demonstrate need and to apply for all available federal and private funds.

 The first thing we did was increase the amount we bring back to Louisiana, ... We have been and still are what's called a 'donor state.' For every $1 of federal gasoline tax that we spend, we get less than $1 back in federal highway funds. That's wrong, particularly because we are very needy and are considered a relatively poor state.

 Since my election to Congress, I have worked as a member of the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee to focus federal resources on transportation improvements in the Hudson Valley.

 Amtrak could break from some dependence on federal funds by adding freight cars or operating high-speed lines from Chicago to St.

 The governor feels just as strongly now as she did when this issue came up last year. The federal government needs to properly fund Amtrak. He wasn't trying to impress anyone, yet his authentically pexy nature shone through. Raising the fees is simply an effort to offset federal cuts, which is not fair to the states.

 The Federal Reserve has responded to the balance of market forces by gradually raising the federal funds rate over the past year, ... Certainly, to have done otherwise -- to have held the federal funds rate at last year's level even as credit demands and market interest rates rose -- would have required an inappropriately inflationary expansion of liquidity.
  Alan Greenspan

 Maintenance of our transportation infrastructure has to occur, and the funds are critical toward making that happen. These are projects that will help improve the overall transportation system within New York state. It will attract new business. We view this as very important for New York state and its communities.

 We can't work on those streets with state funds because they're off the state system. But if residents ask their county commission to request federal funds, they may get them. Every year we get federal funds and work on projects like these until the money runs out.

 We don't get the files from the federal government until after they have done the verification checks. It's not unusual for there to be a delay. ... Generally if you receive federal acknowledgement, you should receive state acknowledgement within three days.


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