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Mar. 11, 2010

Strategies to Better Leverage the Federal Transportation Dollar and Promote Increased Non-Federal Investment


Statement of JayEtta Hecker, Director of Transportation Advocacy at the Bipartisan Policy Center for United States Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Hearing on “Federal, State and Local Partnerships to Accelerate Transportation Benefits.”

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Forging the Climate Consensus: Expanding Production from America’s Domestic Energy Resources

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Mar. 3, 2010
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The National Commission on Energy Policy has long argued that a sound, long-term energy policy for America must provide for adequate, affordable, and reliable supplies of energy to support a robust economy on the one hand, while also responding to urgent environmental concerns—most notably the threat of global climate change—on the other.

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Testimony of Alice M. Rivlin to U.S. Senate Budget Committee

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Feb. 11, 2010
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Dr. Rivlin co-chairs the Bipartisan Policy Center's Debt Reduction Task Force.

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Fragility and Extremism in Yemen

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Feb. 3, 2010
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Although its notoriety may be newfound, Yemen‘s fragility is not. Nor is the presence there of threats to U.S. and international security. For these reasons, Yemen has proven a constructive case study for the Bipartisan Policy Center‘s Stabilizing Fragile States project, which considers how to revise and restructure U.S. policy towards weak states.

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Congressman Lee Hamilton and Governor Tom Kean testimony for the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee

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Jan. 26, 2010
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Governor Kean and Congressman Hamilton, co-chairs of the Bipartisan Policy Center's National Security Preparedness Group, testified before the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee about "Intelligence Reform: The Lessons and Implications of the Christmas Day Attack, Part II."

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New Starts: Lessons Learned for Discretionary Federal Transportation Funding Programs

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Jan. 25, 2010
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New Starts projects are subject to more scrutiny and accountability than other federally funded surface transportation projects.

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