Thomas E. Petri: “I would just observe that this is a work in progress. As my colleague knows, in the last Congress, the line was $256…”

“I would just observe that this is a work in progress. As my colleague knows, in the last Congress, the line was $256, now it is $283.9. So it is a work in progress. And it is a recommendation of the President's advisors, it is not directly from the President. He has expressed a number of times his interest in working with us to help have a robust and affordable infrastructure investment here in our country, because we owe it to our children and to our economy to do that. So I am hoping we can continue working on a tripartisan basis, as we have on our committee, but also with the administration and with the other body and their representatives as this process moves forward.”