Sam Graves: “Thank you, Chairman Payne, and thank you to our witnesses for being here today.”

Small businesses should not be held hostage by aggressive trial lawyers eager to make a quick buck.

I appreciate your efforts.

With your partnership, we can keep this momentum going, we can deliver good projects for more communities, and we can build and rebuild our transportation systems to meet the 21st, and even 22nd, century needs of Americans.

We are grateful to Congressman Nehls (R-TX), along with Chairmen Sam Graves (R-MO) and Garret Graves (R-LA), for their leadership on this issue.