Mary Landrieu: “The political stability of the gulf, the trained work force that is in the gulf all lead to trying to promote production…”

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.

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 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.