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EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
MARCH 15, 2018
Subject
SUBJECT: STATE AND FEDERAL REPORT
Action
ACTION: RECEIVE AND FILE
Heading
RECOMMENDATION
Title
RECEIVE AND FILE State and Federal Legislative Report.
Discussion
DISCUSSION
Executive Management Committee
Remarks Prepared By Raffi Haig Hamparian
Government Relations Senior Director, Federal Affairs
Chair Garcetti and members of the Executive Management Committee, I am pleased to provide an update on a number of federal matters of interest to our agency. This report was prepared on February 27, 2018 and will be updated, as appropriate, at the Executive Management Committee meeting on March 15, 2018. Status of relevant pending Federal legislation is monitored on the Metro Government Relations Legislative Matrix, which is updated monthly.
Trump Infrastructure Plan
Later this week, the U.S. Senate's Environment and Public Works Committee will be holding a hearing entitled, "The Administrations Framework for Rebuilding Infrastructure in America". This hearing kicks off a series of hearings that will be held on Capitol Hill to discuss the White House Infrastructure Plan. Our professional staff have closely reviewed the plan - and there are parts of the plan we like, some we don't like - and some items that need some adjustments in order to work for our agency. We will be working closely with all the appropriate House and Senate Committee leaders to ensure the final version of any future Infrastructure Plan works for our agency - by helping us powerfully leverage our Measure R and Measure M revenues.
One area of special concern to our agency is the proposal by the Trump Administration to eliminate all funding for future New Starts grants, TIGER grants and funding for Amtrak. We will - consistent with our Board-policy - vigorously oppose such irresponsible cuts that would adversely impact our agency.
Federal Budget and Funding for Fiscal Year 2018
In a matter of days we expect to ...
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