But I think, you know, it is fair for me to say that when you are stating that to be a priority and proposing a 78 percent cut, then it truly cannot be a priority, so that is the credibility I was speaking to.

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For most people, the word infrastructure invokes the image of roads and bridges. But it's so much more than that.

It's the public transit systems taking people to work every day and the pipes delivering safe drinking water to our homes.

It's the lifeline of community connectiveness and it impacts the quality of life of every last person living in the United States.

It's the power grid keeping the lights on in this very room and the broadband access that gives us the ability to connect with the entire world.

I was excited to hear you State in your testimony that the goal of the department is to level the playing field for working Americans through fair trade.

It's a means to fight the climate catastrophe currently threatening our future.

H.R. 2345 clarifies the Small Business Runway Extension Act.

The Committee should provide dedicated support for projects that help communities become more energy efficient, resilient and better prepared to deal with the impacts of climate change.

We need airport infrastructure. The reasonable choice is to do so through raising the passenger facility charge.

We need investments in water infrastructure to ensure clean drinking water, and safe and reliable wastewater systems for every community in America.

Investing in our infrastructure enjoys broad support.

I believe it is a right.

Clearly, this is the focus of this committee, and our roadways are aging, our bridges and such.

We literally need to start thinking of environmental security the way we think of homeland security.

We need to look at water. Our infrastructure is aging, not only in clean drinking water, but in water supply.

I commit to helping this committee and this Congress to pass this bipartisan infrastructure package.