I might note that Senator Johnson's committee has jurisdiction over the amendment Senator Udall spoke about. The Banking Committee has the jurisdiction, not the Small Business Committee, which is one of the concerns I have. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Maine.
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With all due respect, I say to my colleagues on the other side of the aisle: let's let local law enforcement and the elected officials in city government do their job, and we should focus on ours.
Thank you for continuing your focus on this, because the work is not done, and there are billions and billions of dollars of projects that could be built.
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.
If this process is not fixed or focused or made better, it would really be not worth speaking about.
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