On a bipartisan basis, we made the right decision to fix our aging infrastructure and begin taking steps to adapt to climate change.

I think the rest of us, you know, living in the real world, when you have a disaster in your home state or your hometown, you understand we're going to spend this money anyway to provide disaster relief.

Buy American has been the law of the land since 1933, but for far too long, past Administrations have found a way to get around it. Not anymore.

Thank you for your testimony today. Thank you for your partnership with this committee.

This is a safety question and there should be standards across the industry.

We very much look forward to discussing your sustained focus on safety, equity, and climate at the Department.

But we face a reversal of that commitment--we do face a reversal of that commitment if we entertain the House majority proposal to return to 2022 funding levels.

When you get into these rural communities, just think about how many reservations and tribal lands we have that have no running water, no plumbing. That should not happen in this America.

The HUD VASH Program created by Chair Murray has cut veterans' homelessness by nearly 55 percent since 2009.

We will do everything that we can using the tools of the USMCA and tools that are outside of the USMCA to secure a positive investment environment in Mexico.

My position is that PNTR is in the jurisdiction of the U.S. Congress.

I have ideas that I would like to come back to you and Chairman Smith about to show that there is a bipartisan path for these two coequal branches to come together to do trade and to do trade right by the American people and by the…

Congress is our constitutional partner on trade.

We are engaging on a reform process that requires 164 economies and members of the WTO to agree.

the model here is the DOD, right. The DOD doesn't get to have an opinion necessarily about climate action

If you take a look at the world economy and you look at our place in it, after more than 3 years of pandemic and supply chain disruptions and pressures on the energy market and food insecurity because of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, you…

This administration is writing a new story on trade, one that puts working families first.

Investing in the modern electrical grid will play a key role in ensuring reliable power, higher levels of renewable power, and lower energy bills.