Already listed among the nation's top 10 most congested roadways, the Sepulveda Pass Corridor serves a population that is expected to grow by 14% over the next two decades.

The daily commuter spends an average 56 hours of their lives per year sitting in traffic in the Sepulveda Pass.

The reason the San Fernando Valley is so-called a 'valley' is due to its famous separation from the westside of Los Angeles by the Santa Monica Mountain range.

When this subway is built, I will retire from Congress. That may be the biggest incentive for some of you to support this project.

I want to join with Karen Bass--and, I am sure, others--in saying how important it is that the committee focus the FAA's attention on airport noise.

We ought to raise the cap, because we have an excellent program in our country to provide for middle-class and upper-middle-class housing.

We have a housing shortage in this country.

It is a peculiar thought to think that you can build a road for the cars, and that is infrastructure, but you try to recharge the cars and that isn't infrastructure.

We are considering Chairwoman Waters' Housing is Infrastructure Act, which would incentivize State and local governments to remove barriers for high-density affordable housing.

My statement today focuses on reconciling the needs of growing residential communities and cities with increased rail activity.

Train horns serve an important purpose in preventing tragic rail injuries and fatalities.

I urge the Committee to examine the need for reforms in this area to ensure that railroad companies do not pose an extreme nuisance, or worse yet danger, to the communities they pass through.

I am pleased that President Biden has, as part of his American Jobs Plan, recognized that housing is a critical part of our nation's infrastructure.

By reforming our user-fee system and incentivizing public-private partnerships, we could find common ground to address the associated taxpayer cost of an infrastructure package without having to saddle our future generations with debt.

Now, more than ever, it is very important that any infrastructure legislation that is considered in this Congress has input from both sides of the aisle.

Only together in a very bipartisan way can our country address some of the most pressing issues impacting the long-term sustainability of our infrastructure system.

Now more than ever, is very important that any infrastructure legislation that is considered this Congress has input from both sides of the aisle.

There is wide consensus from both parties that we must address the broad deficiencies of our ports, highways, bridges, and roads.