Laura Chase
52:42 - 53:20
"what would happen if we don't have federal leadership is we will continue to see fragmented, uneven deployments across the country that really struggle to deliver the system-wide benefits that we know they can to the American public. On the private sector side, right now you have a situation where the private sector is actually asking for that unified national marketplace."
“what would happen if we don't have federal leadership is we will continue to see fragmented, uneven deployments across the country that really struggle to deliver the system-wide benefits that we know they can to the American public. On the private sector side, right now you have a situation where the private sector is actually asking for that unified national marketplace.”
- Speaker
- Laura Chase
- Timestamp
- 52:42 – 53:20
- Community
- Alaska News
- Captured at
- June 9, 2026
From the transcript
Thank you, Senator Young, for the question. It's a very important question at this moment in time. So what would happen if we don't have federal leadership is we will continue to see fragmented, uneven deployments across the country that really struggle to deliver the system-wide benefits that we know they can to the American public. On the private sector side, right now you have a situation where the private sector is actually asking for that unified national marketplace. And if we don't create that federal leadership and don't create that national approach, the private sector is not going to invest their significant capital into our own transportation system.
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