Just as Federal agencies prudently provide support for State law enforcement in dealing with terrorism, Federal officials should give guidance and support in dealing with the election cybersecurity threat.

We cannot leave States to their own devices in defending against the sophisticated cyber tactics of foreign governments.

People who work in jobs like ours, who wear suits and have good benefits, may not realize that the vast majority of American workers have no paid family leave at all.

American families lose nearly $21 billion in wages each year because they do not have access to paid leave.

Eighty-five percent of the workforce, 100 million people, have no paid family medical leave.

If we truly value the dignity of work in this country--if we truly value the dignity of work, we need to recognize that paid family leave is something all workers should have the opportunity to earn.

for many of us on this committee, there is nothing bipartisan about privatizing Social Security.

If you expand it to not just parental leave, you are going to find a lot more public support for it.

What values do we have as a society when we passed within the last year a tax cut where 80 percent of that tax cut will go to the wealthiest 1 percent, but we cannot afford to do this?

Financial pressure often forces new mothers to return to work, but doing so interferes with breastfeeding.

For too many Americans, hard work doesn't pay off.

Right now, the lack of paid family leave is a drag on our economy that holds workers back.

This Congress falls all over itself to give breaks to the large banks, falls all over itself to take away health care.

What we don't have is the will to pay for them.

the user fees, the ones that we traditionally use.

One of the things that Brian mentioned, we are very grateful in Delaware for the program and the ability. This money actually enables us to build this road.

And was deferral actually an attractive aspect as well, that comes with the TIFIA loan?

I think you raised an important point, and I thank you for your comments.