First of all, want to thank all of you for being here today. Thank my Ranking Member carden and his staff and the flexibility they have. Its kind of interesting, ben cardin and i were maybe three of the last remaining of the class of what was yeah. 1987. Were we have lamar smith and a couple more. Anyway, its funny. Were on opposite sides and a lieutenant of issues that were always together in friendship as well as in infrastructure. As this weeks infrastructure week, its a great opportunity for us to highlight the critical needs we have in this country. Tomorrow the full committee will have the chance to question secretary chow. The Epw Committee led the charge to pass the fast act, the highway reauthorization bill that i personally worked on. This was the largest one since 1998. Nobody believed that wed get it done. Others thought that wed only get an 18month bill that senator boxer and i insisted on five years and it shows that people of different floss kiss can get along and make w
The meeting comes to order. First of all, we want to thank all of you for being here today and thank my friend Ranking Member cardon and his staff for the flexibility with the scheduling todays hearing. Its kind of interesting because ben cardon and i were are maybe three of the last remaining of the class of what was that . Yeah, 1987 chlt after the issue was behind us. This is beginning to be different. Were always together in friendship and in infrastructure. As this weeks infrastructure week, its good to highlight the critical needs we have in the country. Tomorrow the full committee will have the chance to question secretary chao and the administrations priorities and its my hope this hearing will be a productive lead into her visit. They led the pass to pass the fast act, the six reauthorization bill that i personally worked on. This is the largest one since 1998. Nobody believed that we would get it done and others thought we would get an 18month bill. But senator box eastern i
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