Bob Menendez: “And thank you for coming before the Committee.”

Increase awareness. More information for communities to put pressure on those local actors to try to make those changes in a quicker fashion.

We do not have any free trade agreements being promoted in the region. We have a behemoth of an economic challenge with China in this region.

It is why it is so critically important that we continue to provide robust funding for our State and regional partners as we continue to invest in rail.

I appreciate your partnership. I appreciate you putting the full weight of the Department behind this issue.