Mary Landrieu: “Let us not make this in any way political. This is a national disaster.”

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

Thank goodness I did something.

There are a lot of people here who are very upset and very angry and very frustrated.

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.