S. HRG. 98-403 Pt. 1

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRI-
ATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 1984

HEARINGS

BEFORE A

SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

UNITED STATES SENATE

NINETY-EIGHTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

PART 1 (Pages 1-880)

ARCHITECTURAL AND TRANSPORTATION BARRIERS COMPLIANCE BOARD
CIVIL AERONAUTICS BOARD

CONRAIL (CONSOLIDATED RAIL CORPORATION)
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION
NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD
U.S. RAILWAY ASSOCIATION

WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY

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WASHINGTON 1983

COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

SUBCOMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND RELATED AGENCIES
MARK ANDREWS, North Dakota, Chairman

THAD COCHRAN, Mississippi
JAMES ABDNOR, South Dakota
ROBERT W. KASTEN, JR., Wisconsin
ALFONSE M. D'AMATO, New York
MARK O. HATFIELD, Oregon
ex officio

LAWTON CHILES, Florida
JOHN C. STENNIS, Mississippi
ROBERT C. BYRD, West Virginia
THOMAS F. EAGLETON, Missouri

Professional Staff
CHARLES G. HARDIN
PATRICIA C. TUSAIE

J. MICHAEL HALL (Minority)

Administrative Support
MAZIE R. MATTSON

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 1984

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1983

U.S. SENATE,

SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS,

Washington, D.C.

The subcommittee met at 10 a.m., in room SD-138, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Hon. Mark Andrews (chairman) presiding. Present: Senators Andrews, D'Amato, Chiles, Stennis, and Byrd.

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

STATEMENT OF HON. ELIZABETH HANFORD DOLE, SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

ACCOMPANIED BY:

DARRELL M. TRENT, DEPUTY SECRETARY

DONALD A. DERMAN, ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR BUDGET AND PROGRAMS

SUBCOMMITTEE PROCEDURE

Senator ANDREWS. The subcommittee will come to order.

Today at our first hearing we have the privilege of having the newest confirmed Cabinet officer here before us. I told her a moment ago she brings a good deal of class to the act. Tragically she is followed by the same old "goats" that have been coming up with the Secretary of Transportation for a good long time.

Madam Secretary, it is a privilege to have you here. We appreciate your visits in the past and look forward to working with you in the months to come.

I don't have an opening statement. I assume my colleague from Florida has an opening statement.

STATEMENT OF SENATOR CHILES

Senator CHILES. Mr. Chairman, I do, but it is constructed so well that I wouldn't want to embarrass you by having to go through it; so I will put it in for the record and join with you in welcoming Secretary Dole. I think that Secretary Dole certainly adds to the Department of