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$5.2 billion, $1 billion of that should have been designated for rural areas to get as per appropriate share.

But that has been years, right? That has been years, even before you got there.

We are determined to get it done this time.

20 percent of the population of America lives in rural America, it is about 66 million people.

Yes, it is pretty discouraging when you talk to a Federal agency who can't get-- and I am not saying this is DOT, these are different agencies, but they are projects that are infrastructure development, roads, water projects, and the two…

Safety on pipelines first, if you can, and get that.

I am concerned about the horsepower that it takes to run the big trucks, that runs the things that we need.

We are going to need help from you all right now and support, if we can use the existing right of ways that don't have to go through all the environmental considerations.

I just think we have to be really careful what we tell the Americans.

To me it is just mind boggling in this time of fiscal restraint where people are really watching their dollars, this kind of overreach and overspending.

I went through a water crisis with heavy chemicals in my own municipal system.

Doesn't it seem like 27 percent of the dollars that the IRA, which none of us voted for, is going to go to administrative costs, is that really providing environmental justice?

So the IRA will directly cause closures of natural gas and coal powered plants in all certainty.

I really appreciate your willingness to meet and talk and how seriously you take your commitment to testify.

I applaud it. I have been complaining for years that we can't get this level.

I need to see the list.

I think it foments confusion.

I am particularly troubled by the largesse of this request because I am not convinced that EPA is using the resources it already has effectively.