By Jessica Wehrman, Roll Call; September 6, 2019
The White House wants China to stay out of the U.S. mass transit business, whether it’s bus transit or passenger rail.
In a statement of policy before the House and Senate get together in a conference committee to work out their differences in a wide-ranging Pentagon policy bill, the White House said it supports a Senate provision that would bar federal transit funds from being used to buy transit vehicles manufactured by state-owned or state-controlled enterprises, including those from China.