And hopefully, with the travel trend for the vacations closer to home, our region will be busy this spring and summer travel season.

We would also like to acknowledge that it wouldn't have passed its first steps without the important leadership from Senator Klobuchar.

We are feeling very positive that we could finally pass this bill that's been kicking around Washington for years and years and years.

Well, that's a new fact.

We want to make sure people understand that there may have been a few bad actors out there, but they shouldn't ruin it for everyone, including our workers in the travel industry.

As you know, because you've been very supportive of it, we're working on a project to return rail passenger service between here and the Twin Cities.

It would be very helpful for our country, for the long term, to pass this bill, to make sure people know, in Minnesota, that there are good deals close to home.

we'd like them to come elsewhere, as well, in our State

It was not exactly what I wanted to be doing in our first 2 months, with these ideological young people that had joined the office.

Thank you very much. And thank you, Governor Hoeven.

And was this helpful information to you about the cost benefit? Did that surprise you when you brought that up in your testimony?

We didn't know that we were in Mecca for wine.