Carole L. Brown's Testimony before the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee

On Thursday January 22nd, I had the honor of appearing before the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee to testify on the proposed $825 billion federal stimulus package. According to Chairman Jim Oberstar (D-Minn), the focus of the hearing was to show that transportation money could be spent quickly on ready-to-go projects that would create jobs and jump-start the economy. As the attached testimony outlines, the CTA has $500 million in projects to which it could allocate money in the immediate future. Jobs would be created not only in Chicago, but in places like Minnesota and New York where our buses and rail cars are made.


Link to testimony:
http://www.transitchicago.com/assets/1/testimony/ChairBrownTestimony_20090122.pdf


Link to video feed of hearing: http://transportation.house.gov/hearings/hearingDetail.aspx?NewsID=798


Link to Chicago Sun Times article: http://www.suntimes.com/news/transportation/1397109,CST-NWS-rideside26.article


Link to MSNBC Rachel Maddow Show – segment where Rep. DeFazio discusses Carole’s testimony:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/#28820486