Transportation Issues Daily House Transportation Chair John Mica opened a hearing on an infrastructure bank by stating “I’m afraid that the national infrastructure bank is dead on arrival in the House.” The lone witness in favor of creating a federal infrastructure bank, Marcia Hale, president of Building America’s Future, observed a federal infrastructure bank is [...]
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Infrastructure Bank is DOA in House, Mica Declares
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View this complete post...Guest on The Infra Blog: Financier Felix Rohatyn, well known for his role in preventing the bankruptcy of New York City and an early advocate of infrastructure investment.
Thursday, December 3rd, 2009Felix Rohatyn has served as a managing director at investment firm Lazard Frères & Co, an advisor to Lehman Brothers, and U.S. Ambassador to France. From 1975 to 1993, he was chairman of the Municipal Assistance Corporation of the City of New York, and is largely credited with saving New York City from bankruptcy during [...]
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