SPEAKER INDEX CONTENTS INSERTS BASSO 131 136 137 140 141 143 BREWSTER 94 BROWN 43 44 BUNNING 82 COLBY 70 COSTELLO 19 23 24 COYNE 107 DEFAZIO 106 DEUTSCH 73 DIAZ-BALART 77 78 DORNAN 64 65 EHRHARDT 15 18 FISCAL YEAR 1997 UNAUTHORIZED TRANSIT PROJECTS 144 FORD 117 123 124 FRANKS 13 FROST 26 FURSE 100 GEREN 31 33 34 GIBBONS 52 HORINE 88 HORN 140 141 142 HOUSTON 40 HUDSON 119 123 124 HUME 99 JEFFERSON 45 50 JOHNSON 24 31 JOHNSTON 68 JUDGE 47 KIM 50 LATOURETTE 90 91 LINTON 125 138 139 142 143 LUCAS 92 100 MARSELLA 61 63 MASCARA 108 MCCOLLUM 35 40 MCKINNEY 114 116 MEEK 75 MICA 33 34 35 36 40 42 43 44 45 47 49 50 52 53 74 MILLAR 111 113 MILLENDER-MCDONALD 80 81 PESQUERA 9 13 PETRI 1 3 4 6 7 12 13 15 18 22 23 24 26 27 30 31 57 58 59 60 63 64 65 69 70 73 74 75 77 78 79 80 81 83 85 89 90 91 92 94 95 99 100 103 106 111 113 114 116 117 119 122 123 124 131 135 140 142 143 PORTMAN 83 91 POSHARD 22 QUALLS 85 90 91 RAHALL 4 12 13 23 24 31 33 34 49 50 80 135 136 137 138 139 RATCLIFF 27 31 ROMERO-BARCELO 4 7 12 13 ROS-LEHTINEN 78 80 SCHAEFER 60 63 SHAW 66 70 73 80 SHUSTER 6 SKOUTELAS 37 STANSBERRY 95 100 STUART 42 THOMPSON 87 90 TURANCHIK 53 57 58 59 WALSH 103 104 CONTENTS SPEAKERS INSERTS TESTIMONY OF HON. CARLOS A. ROMERO-BARCELO, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM PUERTO RICO, ACCOMPANIED BY DR. CARLOS I. PESQUERA, SECRETARY, PUERTO RICO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS PAGE 7 TESTIMONY OF PAUL EHRHARDT, CHAIRMAN, GREATER HARTFORD TRANSIT DISTRICT PAGE 15 TESTIMONY OF HON. JERRY F. COSTELLO, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM ILLINOIS PAGE 19 TESTIMONY OF HON. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM TEXAS; HON. MARTIN FROST, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM TEXAS, ACCOMPANIED BY BILLY J. RATCLIFF, CHAIRMAN, BOARD OF DIRECTORS, DART PAGE 24 TESTIMONY OF HON. PETE GEREN, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM TEXAS PAGE 31 TESTIMONY OF HON. JOHN L. MICA, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM FLORIDA; HON. BILL MCCOLLUM, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM FLORIDA; HON. CORRINE BROWN, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM FLORIDA, ACCOMPANIED BY PAUL SKOUTELAS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, CENTRAL FLORIDA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY, DISTRICT FIVE SECRETARY; NANCY M. HOUSTON, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION; AND JACOB V. STUART, PRESIDENT, GREATER ORLANDO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE PAGE 35 TESTIMONY OF HON. WILLIAM J. JEFFERSON, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM LOUISIANA, ACCOMPANIED BY JOHN POTTS, GENERAL MANAGER, NEW ORLEANS REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITY, AND PATRICK JUDGE, MANAGER, TRANSIT DEVELOPMENT AND PRESIDENT, LOUISIANA TRANSIT ASSOCIATION PAGE 45 TESTIMONY OF HON. SAM GIBBONS, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM FLORIDA; AND ED TURANCHIK, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY COMMISSIONER PAGE 52 TESTIMONY OF HON. DAN SCHAEFER, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM COLORADO, ACCOMPANIED BY CLARENCE (CAL) MARSELLA, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND GENERAL MANAGER, DENVER REGIONAL TRANSIT DISTRICT PAGE 60 TESTIMONY OF HON. BOB DORNAN, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM CALIFORNIA PAGE 64 TESTIMONY OF HON. E. CLAY SHAW, JR., A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM FLORIDA, ACCOMPANIED BY ED COLBY, DIRECTOR, METRO DADE TRANSIT AGENCY, AND ALLEN C. HARPER, CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD, TRI-COUNTY COMMUTER RAIL AUTHORITY ; HON. HARRY JOHNSTON, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM FLORIDA; HON. PETER DEUTSCH, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM FLORIDA; HON. CARRIE MEEK, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM FLORIDA; AND HON. ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM FLORIDA PAGE 66 TESTIMONY OF HON. ROB PORTMAN, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM OHIO; HON. JIM BUNNING, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM KENTUCKY, ACCOMPANIED BY HON. ROXANNE QUALLS, MAYOR, CINCINNATI, MARVIN THOMPSON, CITY MANAGER, CITY OF BLUE ASH; HON. CLYDE MIDDLETON, JUDGE EXECUTIVE, KENTON COUNTY, KENTUCKY, AND ROBERT HORINE, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, COVINGTON, KENTUCKY PAGE 82 TESTIMONY OF HON. FRANK D. LUCAS, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM OKLAHOMA, ACCOMPANIED BY RANDY HUME, ADMINISTRATOR, CENTRAL OKLAHOMA TRANSPORTATION AND PARKING AUTHORITY; AND HAROLD STANSBERRY, CHAIRMAN, CENTRAL OKLAHOMA TRANSPORTATION AND PARKING AUTHORITY PAGE 92 TESTIMONY OF HON. ELIZABETH FURSE, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM OREGON, ACCOMPANIED BY TOM WALSH, GENERAL MANAGER, TRI-COUNTY METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DIRECTOR PAGE 100 TESTIMONY OF HON. WILLIAM J. COYNE, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM PENNSYLVANIA; HON. FRANK MASCARA, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM PENNSYLVANIA, ACCOMPANIED BY BILL MILLAR, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, PORT AUTHORITY OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY PAGE 107 TESTIMONY OF HON. CYNTHIA MCKINNEY, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM GEORGIA PAGE 114 TESTIMONY OF HON. HAROLD E. FORD, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM TENNESSEE, ACCOMPANIED BY WILLIAM HUDSON, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, MEMPHIS AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY PAGE 117 TESTIMONY OF GORDON J. LINTON, ADMINISTRATOR, FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION, ACCOMPANIED BY JACK BASSO, DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR BUDGET AND PROGRAMS, OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION PAGE 125 INSERTS SPEAKERS CONTENTS NO INSERTS IN THIS HEARING