Mary Landrieu: “As long as I chair this Committee, we are going to continue to push open this door.”

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.

Senator Landrieu recently announced that on June 30, we are going to be holding a field hearing on trade issues down in New Orleans.

Thank goodness I did something.

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.