Sam Graves: “People are looking for guidance. People are looking for someone to step up to the plate and make the big decisions.”

We must maintain the user pays principle, and find some solutions for putting the Highway Trust Fund on a more sustainable fiscal path.

May I inquire as to the time remaining. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Missouri has 11\1/2\ minutes remaining.

I helped create two programs, Reconnecting Communities and Neighborhood Access and Equity, to begin redressing some of these harms.

We are here today to discuss discretionary grant programs at the Department of Transportation (DOT) and to hear firsthand from stakeholders about their experiences with the Department's grant processes.