"I think that excuse is gone. I am--again, I am excited to see that there are folks here in both parties who want to work together to get this done."
"I want to specifically say to trans people across this country, I see you. I am here to support you."
"We are slated to receive $6 billion from that act, meaning the IIJA, over 5 years for traditional infrastructure-related surface transportation, and that is going to be very helpful."
"I find it unacceptable. It didn't need to happen. And I think the question is, why?"
"But we also have to manage expectations. Of that $6 billion, $5 billion we were going to get anyway."
"I want to thank you for visiting south-central Pennsylvania, and providing some attention to that."
"It is not just that we have colleagues here in this Committee who are making the claim that too many Black folks are getting jobs..."
"You are entitled to dignity and respect at work. You are entitled to dignity and respect everywhere because you are an American."
"We know statistically that they are not the ones whose communities have been intentionally polluted or targeted by police."
"I will not allow our voices to be silenced. I will not allow these attacks to go on unchallenged."
"According to an analysis by Politico, we are one of the fifth worst States per capita in terms of receiving funding under the legislation."
"The reason DEIA policies were even created was to right existing wrongs."
"We should not tolerate it, and we stand with you."
"I think what we saw in this derailment and in conduct thereafter is they cannot be trusted."
"if I believe in Title IX and boys shouldn't be playing girls' sports, I could be censored?"
"We all know our children represent roughly 22 percent of our population, but 100 percent of our future."
"Since 2017, the Department has managed to spend over a half a billion dollars on developing a new personnel vetting system, NBIS, with little to show for it."
"The Chair of this Committee just said that he believes one of the biggest reasons for vaccine hesitancy is politics."
