"Driver compensation is also at the heart of our discussions here today. Better wages will help the industry attract and retain its workforce."
"opening statement"
"Ensuring a well-functioning supply chain means better infrastructure everywhere, and elimination of bottlenecks wherever they exist."
"Safety is our highest priority--safety for truck drivers, and safety for everyone who shares the road with them."
"Thank you to the Chairman and Ranking Member for convening this hearing."
"If truckdrivers aren't safe, if they are not well-paid, if they aren't well-trained, we are going to see consequences."
"we have got to do better for Medicare beneficiaries."
"this bill would create a speedy and predictable pathway for Medicare coverage."
"I think, is very critical."
"It is so important, but I am bringing it up."
"I want a full and functioning FERC."
"Come to the table. Work with us to simply pay our country's bills like we have so many times before."
"do not let Speaker McCarthy's partisan, hostage taking win the day, and lose the 21st Century."
"One of the things we really saw in COVID was that we needed accurate data."
"I am working to reintroduce my Public Health Infrastructure Saves Lives Act, to help provide state and local health departments with the strong, sustained funding that they really need."
"My Prevent Pandemics Act, which was signed into law last year, includes directives to ASPR to assist state and local health departments in accessing the Strategic National Stockpile."
"What we get for these investments are really important discoveries that keep our Nation competitive."
"If we want to continue to lead on the world stage, we have to continue our global dominance in biomedical research."
