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 
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