John D. Porcari: “Any major infrastructure investments... has required core public funding on a multiyear basis to be effective.”

To be clear, Mr. Nadler, for both the Portal Bridge and the tunnel, those projects cannot go forward without a Federal commitment.

This administration has shown this commitment through the strong enforcement of the Jones Act, including the imposition of the largest fine ever recorded for a Jones Act violation.

There are real consequences for doing this. So we will continue to press for the appropriate avenues for resolution.

As important as the discussion is today about reengineering the process, greater efficiencies, more concurrent process, all of which we support, that only helps if the money is there to actually build the project at the end of it.