"Well, what more can we do?"
"I just have a sense from my experience in Rhode Island is that there is kind of this built-in resistance."
"But I thank the witnesses, and again I thank the Chairwoman."
"So it suggests State action as well as Federal action."
"The goal---- would be particularly true if the people involved weren't parents, weren't from the community, or even from the State, but were being shipped in just in order to stir up trouble, make new..."
"That is what is missing. I agree."
"I would wrap up by suggesting some flexibility around the 49 percent for communities that don't have a lot of resources."
"How well does the IIJA fund the need that communities are facing to deal with these unprecedented flooding events driven by climate change?"
"We are not going to sell the most sophisticated American chip to China that they want for their military capacity."
"100%. I talked to him right before I left for China. He gave me the best advice of about 200 people that I spoke with."
"Actions speak louder than words."
"We are in a fierce competition with China at every level and anyone who tells you differently is naive."
"We know it is real. We know that it is impacting working people every day."
"Now, climate change is impacting our state's natural habitats, leaving our coasts more vulnerable to natural disasters, and contributing to significant biodiversity loss that is impacting our commerci..."
"Democrats are prepared to work with Republicans. We have put our votes where our concerns have been."
"That diversity makes us strong, but it also says that our policies have to reflect that diversity."
"This committee should be focused on how we can help the administration in those efforts. This should be bipartisan."
"The notion that Secretary Mayorkas is working to advance cartel crime in America, as this hearing title suggests, is outrageous."