Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao is scheduled to appear before the House Appropriations Transportation-HUD Subcommittee on Thursday, and MT is here to refresh your memory of President Donald Trump’s fiscal 2019 budget proposal. His budget calls for a 19 percent cut to DOT discretionary spending and once again proposes nixing TIGER, a grant program well liked by lawmakers. The budget also relies on an assumption that air traffic control operations will break off from the FAA.
