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The top grade goes to rail, pulling in a "b," solid. the rash of recent train accidents remind us, safety remains an issue on the rails. and remember, most rail lines go over at least a few bridges at some point or another along their route. overall, u.s. infrastructure scores a d-plus. and as any parent will tell you, a d-plus, that doesn't get you any tv time, especially when millions of lives and a large chunk of american commerce depend on these grades every day. and if we wanted to fix it, the asce says it would take more than 4.5 -- wait for it -- trillion dollars to maintain and upgrade...

Coastal environments. so there are important considerations. but there has to be a way in this country where we can get all the stakeholders involved in a project up front, all the social impacts, economic and environmental impacts, get those issues on the table up front and then have a more streamlined process going forward. but also there are a number of less complicated infrastructure projects that need to be done out there that are not going to be tied up in this kind of permitting or regulatory review process. >> casey, good to talk to you. thanks for the work you guys do at the american ...

And i will say, i'm not hearing a lot of strong support out there. i think there's perhaps a level of uncertainty, since some of these concepts are new. >> let me ask you this. >> new is not a bad thing. >> no, i am so in favor of this, casey. we have been talking about getting the government on top of this. it's hard, because we're worried about where the money comes from. steve scalise, congressman, i won't play what he said, but basically he was saying that the permitting process is a big part of the problem. when you look at places like india, where it can sometimes take 15 or 17 years to ...