Mary Landrieu: “Let me thank my Ranking Member, Senator Murkowski, for agreeing to this hearing as well because I know it's a concern to…”

I generally support the goals of the enhancements to the FAST Act, and do believe, as Senator McCaskill said, that having--and both of you--a permanent director, a budget, a staff to give some strength to what you all are trying to do.

That MOU would not have been possible without Alex and without the Federal push coming down to tell them, 'You must work together,' and maybe we need stronger.

If this process is not fixed or focused or made better, it would really be not worth speaking about.

There is a lot of room to avoid duplication.