It does not make any sense to me that the House of Representatives would cut funding from these important programs, $1.5 billion in additional funding is needed just to meet the cost of eligible projects for this year.
Senator Landrieu criticizes the House for proposed cuts affecting disaster preparedness.
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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.
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.
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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.
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