I want to learn. So, at this time, I am asking all of you for any suggestions.

When people do bad things, when they commit crimes, they have to be punished. That is just fair. It is fair and equitable justice.

These are often small businesses that provide a critical service who have struggled during the pandemic and are still struggling today.

I thank the ranking member for what he does each and every day. It is something we can be proud of. Mr. Chair, this bill continues the Tactical Air and Land Forces Subcommittee's proud bipartisan tradition and our commitment to share…

some of the attitudes and philosophies, unfortunately, in some areas--and they are unfortunate, because we no longer enforce the law.

While I have recently seen positive trends that show ridership bouncing back, commuting trends in the post-pandemic world are still different.

The COVID-19 pandemic rapidly changed our day-to-day lives, especially how we work and commute.

I agree to some degree with my brother from Pennsylvania, Mr. Kelly, that the law and your heart are two different things.

I would maintain, whether you are union, non-union, whether you are a passenger, whether you are a repair person, just an American, whether you are a resident, people want to be safe.

I am going to ask forgiveness from my colleagues on both sides of the aisle, because I am going to speak a little bit in a parochial way.

How do you think--in thinking about the existing infrastructure and making sure that we have an integrated transit system, how do we--should we be thinking about where there are gaps currently in service, or should we be thinking about…

If you really care about those people... you're falling short, in my opinion.

It's not up to you all. It's not up to you to do that.

Is your job to get the maximum return on investment?

I missed the following votes, but had I been present, I would have voted YEA on Roll Call No. 248 and YEA on Roll Call No. 249. PERSONAL EXPLANATION

So, if it became clear to you that for those firefighters, teachers, janitors, and everyone else that you could get maximum return on investment safely by investing in a fossil fuel company, would you?

The bottom line is that I think because of a social agenda that you all have, you're giving up the return on investment that you could have because you're trying to socially change the country.

If you had two companies and one of them offered a lower return of investment for those firefighters, teachers, janitors, etc., and one was a climate-based company, a wind turbine company, like Orsted, for example... You're invested in…