Mary Landrieu: “You rightly noted that the next step was to ensure that all the duties owed under the orders were, in fact, being paid.”

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.

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

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.

There is a lot of room to avoid duplication.