"No one could get more out of five minutes than Sheila Jackson Lee. She was a friend to everyone on both sides of the aisle."
"While I was excited to hear that NTSB was successful in finding the root cause of this disastrous derailment, I was particularly disturbed with the contents of Chairwoman Homendy's closing remarks."
"It is clear that, through your investigation, additional questions have been raised about the actions of Norfolk Southern."
"It took President Biden more than 1 year to go visit East Palestine. That slow response made Americans question the competency of the Federal Government."
"Chairwoman Homendy, I want to say thank you for all your hard work."
"Let's use today as a great chance to move forward on the same page."
"We must additionally assure that rail corporations are fully held accountable for their actions that damage innocent communities and their lives."
"I agree with many Ohioans who have reached out to me. I think the president should end his campaign."
"I have to appeal to a lot of people who are going to check a box for Donald Trump. But I need them to check a box for me further down their ballot."
"Today is not just some isolated incident. The central premise of the Biden campaign is that President Donald Trump is an authoritarian fascist who must be stopped at all costs. That rhetoric led direc..."
"We need leaders who are willing to fight for the American people, not sell them out to the highest bidder."
"The media elites have been lying to us for too long, and it's time we hold them accountable."
"The family is the bedrock of American society, and we need to protect it at all costs."
"We need a foreign policy that serves American interests, not the interests of the global elite."
"Americans are dying for generational change. We've been having these same stupid fights since the Vietnam War, and it's time we look at those double haters in the polling."
"We want this campaign to be about Donald Trump, and it's not about Donald Trump right now."
"I have to sort of give special credit to both the Ranking Member and also to President Trump's administration."
"We're doing the same thing that you're doing, but we have a lot that we can say to those American people in those states, because President Biden has delivered and that's the good thing."