Mary Landrieu: “Both Senator Snowe and I believe it should be elevated to a Cabinet level position.”

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

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

On behalf of our client, we would support a broadening of the coverage, but as long as it does not dilute the focus on the large projects that are on the dashboard.

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.