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I would hope that we can empower providers to care for their patients without the government getting in the way or messing things up.

Thank you, Administrator Slavitt, for being here today.

If there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it stand adjourned under the previous order as a further mark of respect to the late Senators Conrad Burns of Montana and Bob Bennett of Utah. There…

We also appreciate Chairman Thune's interest in promoting freight improvement.

With the passage of the FAST Act, states and localities will now have certainty to plan and implement projects for the next 5 years.

It's a real testament to our Congressional leaders' commitment to infrastructure.

The message from Nebraskans was loud and clear: Our businesses, consumers and families wanted a long-term highway bill.

I was proud to work with my colleagues on this bipartisan legislation and usher in the first multi-year transportation bill in over a decade.

Accomplishing a long-term highway bill was one of my key goals since joining the United States Senate, and I am proud to see this victory achieved for the American people.

I am so pleased to be here in beautiful Scottsbluff, Nebraska for today's Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety and Security field hearing.

I was pleased to be appointed as a member of the Highway Bill Conference Committee, which worked to combine the House and the Senate versions in order to craft that final bill.

Without it, manufacturers, agriculture producers, and businesses of all sizes cannot offer their products domestically or around the world.

Thank you again, Senator Fischer for your leaderships both in the Nebraska Unicameral and now in the United States Senate providing improved road funding for the State of Nebraska and now the entire country.

Thank you also for your leadership in securing passage of the FAA reauthorization bill.

The common theme regarding the highway bill is certainty.

A robust transportation system requires well-maintained roads, bridges, railways, and highways to bring our goods to market.

Western Nebraska values safe, efficient, and reliable infrastructure, which is critical to the local economy.

Upon visiting some of our wounded troops at Walter Reed Hospital, I entered a rehab area that was full of men and women who had wounds of varying severity. The place was really a place of tough love--men and women struggling with pain and…