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
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TESTIMONY OF PAUL EHRHARDT, CHAIRMAN, GREATER HARTFORD TRANSIT DISTRICT
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TESTIMONY OF HON. JERRY F. COSTELLO, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM ILLINOIS
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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
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TESTIMONY OF HON. PETE GEREN, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM TEXAS
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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
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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
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TESTIMONY OF HON. SAM GIBBONS, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM FLORIDA; AND ED TURANCHIK,
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY COMMISSIONER
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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
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TESTIMONY OF HON. BOB DORNAN, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM CALIFORNIA
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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
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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
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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
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TESTIMONY OF HON. ELIZABETH FURSE, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM OREGON, ACCOMPANIED BY TOM
WALSH, GENERAL MANAGER, TRI-COUNTY METROPOLITAN TRANSIT DIRECTOR
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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
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TESTIMONY OF HON. CYNTHIA MCKINNEY, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM GEORGIA
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TESTIMONY OF HON. HAROLD E. FORD, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM TENNESSEE, ACCOMPANIED BY
WILLIAM HUDSON, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, MEMPHIS AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY
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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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