Mississippi with Senator Wicker and Governor Bryant have been extremely supportive of us of late.

It appears to me that passenger rail is one of the solutions to distracted driving.

We will just leave it at that.

I was on that train ride along with--I went from New Orleans to Pascagoula, and Corrine Brown began with us.

Thank you for the opportunity to discuss the state of passenger rail in the South and the work you did to make this possible through the FAST Act.

Maintaining America's leadership in space is a priority of yours as it is ours.

it seems like throughout the Federal government, not just, you know, NASA, but there is not a lot of accountability.

The ones we are not talking about, I am not so sure.

My advice has been for a considerable period of time is something you have already done, which is put this in the Surface Transportation Bill.

Would you agree that our previous experiment with Amtrak across the gulf coast, though desirable, was not an overwhelming success?

I think it is remarkable that we have had 10 Senators participate in this subcommittee hearing.

We are excited. And you referenced the students in here.

There needs to be some teeth in holding people accountable for what they do.

Louisiana has had very little support until their new Governor was elected, and now they are very supportive of what we do.

I think you told me the other day that you feel you are off to a good start?

Thank you very much.

Thank you, Mayor Ross.

Thank you, Senator Booker, and I appreciate your remarks. And it was a pleasure and an honor to work with you on the FAST Act.