Finally, as I said, I think the challenges we face are, one, to reach a bipartisan agreement on what we define as infrastructure.

We must act boldly.

Your leadership and the members of this committee are going to be critical if we are successful this year in investing in America's infrastructure.

I, too, lived in El Salvador for a while. I was a Jesuit at the time studying to be a priest.

This is the community that is highly at risk, and so this is why we dedicate significant resources to attending to their humanitarian needs.

We have had this in our history. I can tell you along--I have lived most of my life along the border in California and Mexico.

The notion that we have open borders is ridiculous, absolutely ridiculous.

I certainly think that China poses the greatest threat for the United States going forward.

We are investing for the future, this is a smart investment, and I really thank you, Madam Chairwoman, for bringing this forward.

the Republicans seemed to forget that when they were in charge. They ran up this huge deficit, a huge debt, during the good times.

I hope I don't hear from Texas anymore telling us how great they are with everything, when they couldn't keep the electricity on.

Like in many parts of the country, the rising sea levels in my district have accelerated coastal erosion.

Strengthening the resilience of our infrastructure is critical as our country experiences the impacts of this climate crisis.

I strongly urge you to consider funding for resilience projects like the LOSSAN Corridor relocation in the infrastructure package.

I urge you to incorporate provisions that address the climate crisis, both by making our transportation infrastructure more resilient, and by reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

This Congress, we have a unique opportunity to pass the long-awaited infrastructure package that our constituents have been repeatedly promised.

I have long supported the expansion of Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics, CCBHCs, which provide a comprehensive range of mental health and substance use disorder services.

We need a labor shortage in this country. We need employers screaming that they can't get the labor they need.