In order to build back better, we must acknowledge that the fundamental right to housing can only be achieved if we increase access and eliminate discriminatory practices.

By historically prioritizing flood control projects in affluent areas, the Corps has been putting projects that protect property values ahead of projects that save lives.

We must also pursue an infrastructure package rooted in environmental justice.

We must invest in our communities to build back more resilient, more climate-smart infrastructure.

I am asking for you to provide at least fifty percent of federal resurfacing authorization funding for transit.

This is critical for reducing transportation pollution from burning diesel, which causes dangerous air pollution in my district and communities of color throughout the country.

We need greater federal support for biking and walking infrastructure.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman and Ranking Member Graves, and thanks for hosting Members' Day for your colleagues like me to share our requests for the committee in the upcoming surface transportation reauthorization.

We need to make substantial investment in the Amtrak system to make it a viable and enticing public transportation option.

The second busiest intercity rail corridor in the Nation, the LOSSAN Corridor, begins in San Diego.

I am hopeful that President Biden's recently proposed $80 billion plan for Amtrak will include a significant, transformative investment.

It is past time to think a little bit about southern California for future investments.

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

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.

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.

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.