Our veterans and the American people deserve transparency. They deserve projects that are on time. They deserve projects that are on budget.

Local leaders have expertise in aligning both design and medical teams in constructing medical facilities.

I want to thank the witnesses for being here today. I think we had a great hearing, and I appreciate your answers.

When my Ranking Member and I and two other Senators introduced the DIGIT Act, one thing we wanted to be sure to do was have a working group created.

I would say, Senator Carper, Rhode Island and Nebraska have common sense as well.

How can we be assured that these deployable networks are really going to be a viable tool for our first responders?

I have a couple more questions about rural areas.

Trump's comments about the judge was a literal definition of criticism.

My bill would exempt taxpayers from the individual mandate if they would lose health coverage because of the failure of the co-ops in their local area.

More than 650 counties, largely in rural areas, are projected to be covered by only one health insurance provider in 2017.

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.

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.

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

The common theme regarding the highway bill is certainty.