During the entirety of my long congressional career, 35 years, intercity rail has had funding starts and stops, threats to be disbanded, and...
The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) is a major victory for the American people, making the largest-ever single investment in A...
This is a win for the constituents and the environment.
This investment will create close to 1 million jobs.
That is not right.
I do think this bill requires a better balance between those responsibilities.
If we invest in recovery, we will get species off of the endangered species list.
I think that we have heard a lot of reference to kind of reduce reliance on regulation.
Why don't we simultaneously say we are going to step up support for the Federal efforts when we are doing this bill?
the most direct path to reducing regulation of endangered species is to get them recovered and get them off of the endangered species list.
I am proud of this committee's hard work in pulling together the single largest infrastructure investment in our nation's history.
Thanks for calling this hearing to highlight just some of the critical investments in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.
The bill also provides $12.7 billion--B, billion--in new wastewater infrastructure funding over 5 years for States and municipalities.
About half that funding will be provided in the form of grants.
The bipartisan Jobs Act provides once-in-a-lifetime investment that will modernize our roads, bridges, rail, transit, ports, and airports.
This historic level of funding will directly help communities--large and small--address the backlog of wastewater infrastructure upgrades.
The water infrastructure funding in the Jobs Act is a no-brainer, win-win outcome for our constituents and our environment.
This hearing will examine the ways the Chinese government and Communist Party attempt to use economic coercion for political aims.
