mr. greuling has just made? >> i would say from being a sets perspective, we certainly have an interest in the supply chain running smoothly. we definitely want to invest in freight. >> through an infrastructure bank? >> again, we don't necessarily want to drive that decision, but we certainly want to be part of the conversation. >> thank you. my time is expired. thank you, all. >> thank you, senator blumenthal. senator deines? >> thank you madam chair. i get to represent the state of montana, and in montana our number one industry is agriculture. it's about a $5 billion industry just last year. as we know in ag, you have to be able to export. like senator fischer, we don't have a lot of oceanfront property in montana i don't think nebraska does, either, so the supply chain becomes critically important. in fact, 80% of montana's wheat is exported. it was nearly a billion dollars in 2013 and primarily through the west coast ports. we're very proud of our ranchers and farmers who not only feed america, they feed t

mr. greuling what are your thoughts on that? i know you are some what of ans expert on this issue. >> i think like we suffer from multiple jurisdictionitis with multiple units governing roads and infrastructure. the federal government has the same issue. the number of agencies the projects have to touch. the time it takes to go through the process. the environmental review. in fact i would comment that we have actually seen some improvement on that under leadership from congress and the kmings. and we applaud that. it shouldn't take 10 12 years to do an eis statement on a bridge. clearly that is an ij. multiple agencies may be working closer together on collaboration. and again we think a national freight office could help sort of quarterback that initiative especially for these major important freight projects. >> highlighted today in tm testimony is what's happened in these choke points. allowing more options to reof the issues when they come up. if we only have one way out it is nice to have multiple choices and to make sure