We are trying to change the narrative, change the culture where it is a true profession, it is a great, noble profession.

Good morning, everybody. I hope we remember how to do this. It has been a while since we have sat in this room, at this table, but we are delighted to be able to do it today.

Members of this Committee are very proud of the work that we have done on infrastructure for our country.

My ask is that you work to put the service back in the Postal Service, so that confidence is restored.

That is quite a disparity.

I think it is, I would use the word shameful, in the way that the city has delayed consideration of nominees for judicial posts in the District of Columbia too often and in past years.

That's music to my ears. I look forward to seeing you move swiftly in that direction.

It is important to me that at a time when there seems to be bipartisan agreement, that protecting American invention and innovation should be a high priority--that we do our best at that.

We work in very bipartisan fashion, which I know you try to do at every opportunity.

I am the last Vietnam veteran serving in the U.S. Senate, and the President is about to leave this weekend to go to Vietnam.

The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law provided more than $55 billion for drinking water and wastewater improvements, the largest investment in our Nation's history.

I believe that includes a moral obligation to ensure that all Americans have access to clean, safe, and reliable water services.

Thank you for your leadership on these issues and your leadership on the Subcommittee you chair.

Nearly 2 years after becoming law, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is helping to make clean water a reality for millions of households, for schools, and childcare facilities across our country.

That's music to my ears. I look forward to seeing you move swiftly in that direction.

It is important to me that at a time when there seems to be bipartisan agreement, that protecting American invention and innovation should be a high priority--that we do our best at that.

DOT committed to filing the charter and publishing a notice in the Federal Register for the Advisory Board by the end of September.

It's not at all unusual to have the response that sometimes happens to Mitch, when you've had a severe concussion. It's part of – it is part of the recovery. And so I'm confident he's going to be back to his old self.