Thank you. I was going to see if we could see her lips move when you spoke, but that would be a lie.

my mother was a deeply religious woman, and she was always reminding my sister and I to take seriously the admonition of Matthew 25

Whenever I have the opportunity to cosponsor a bill with Angus, I always insist that his name goes first. That way people can describe the legislation as 'King Carper.'

my hope is that today's hearing will shed some light on the urgent need to protect our physical infrastructure

The Drinking Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Act, which passed out of this Committee unanimously and was approved on the Senator floor by a vote of 89 to 2.

Don't tell me your values. Show me your budget, and I will tell you your values.

Show me your checkbook and your calendar, and I will tell you what your priorities.

I ask unanimous consent that the scheduled vote take place immediately. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered. The question is, Will the Senate advise and consent to the Polite nomination?

I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The clerk will call the roll. The senior assistant legislative clerk called the roll. The result was announced--yeas…

There's much more to be done, and so much more to do.

It’s pretty clear at this point that infrastructure, the total package, both economy and more traditional infrastructure, that that’s the priority.

What do you do first? What do you Marshal political capital for? What’s the sequencing?

Vow to rebuild a modern, agile U.S. Department of State, investing, and re-empowering the finest diplomatic core in the world, and leveraging the full talent and richness of America's diversity.

Twenty-first century Jim Crow assault is real.

We should be united in one thing, passage of the bipartisan infrastructure framework, which we shook hands on.

I want this to be an independent investigation. He wants it to be fair.

the President did believe that they could

They`re killing people. I mean they really, look, the only pandemic we have is among the unvaccinated and that`s - they`re killing people.