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* Press release…
State Senator Ram Villivalam (D-Chicago), the newly appointed chair of the Senate Transportation Committee, sent a letter to his colleagues inviting them to reintroduce any legislation that Villivalam’s predecessor refused to give an open hearing.
“It has been widely reported that the chair of the Senate Transportation Committee from 2009 to October of 2019 conducted meetings and approached policy, as it relates to transportation issues, without making the public good and/or public policy his top priority,” Villivalam said. “As the new chair, I have vowed to create and implement an open, transparent and accountable process for legislation that will maintain and improve our transportation and infrastructure system in a data-driven, equitable way.”
Villivalam pledged to provide an open, fair and transparent process for all legislation assigned to the Transportation Committee this year. He also encouraged his colleagues in the General Assembly to notify him if a bill in the Transportation Committee was assigned to the committee in a previous year but never heard.
“I am committed to holding hearings throughout the state to enable local people to comment on the transportation issues that matter most to them,” Villivalam said. “The government works for the people, so it works best when everyone gets a chance to voice their opinions, and we legislators make the best, most informed decisions when we talk to both experts and the people whose everyday lives are effected by our decisions.”
The Senate Transportation Committee normally meets on Tuesdays at 5 p.m.
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posted by Rich Miller
Thursday, Feb 27, 20 @ 12:20 pm
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That’s a refreshing commitment that will help shake the cloud over the committee. Can’t imagine how many projects got lost in the shuffle over the past decade for illegitimate reasons.
Comment by Uncle Merkin Thursday, Feb 27, 20 @ 12:27 pm
How about confirming Secretary of Transportation. IDOT has had an acting Secretary for more than a year.
Comment by Huh? Thursday, Feb 27, 20 @ 12:36 pm
-How about confirming Secretary of Transportation.-
Different committee.
Comment by Ron Burgundy Thursday, Feb 27, 20 @ 12:51 pm
How about looking into hiring at the Tollway? How many CHA people, how much are they paid, did any of them get raises already, have more come since the initial report, etc. If they get paid like agency directors (or more), don’t we want to understand what’s going on?
Comment by CHA Fans Thursday, Feb 27, 20 @ 12:59 pm
A break from the past? Are they going to make giant truck-cranes finally buy truck plates?
Comment by DuPage Thursday, Feb 27, 20 @ 2:14 pm
Other committee chairs should follow suit. It might actually lead to something resembling Republican Democracy in the Capitol, instead of the Speaker and Majority Leader controlling the entire agenda.
Comment by Senator Clay Davis Thursday, Feb 27, 20 @ 3:54 pm