We think this is a priority. So, do we have your commitment to work on that?

Mr. President, I rise to recognize the 36th annual Women's History Month. This year in Maryland, we have some special advancements to celebrate. In Maryland, voters chose Brooke Lierman as the first-ever woman independently elected to a…

For as long as we have had big banks, they have had too much power in this town.

The railroads think that a train that is more than two miles long only needs one crew member.

I was really pleased that we were successful at including a lot of those provision in the Bipartisan Infrastructure modernization legislation.

We are working with the Commerce Committee to move that legislation forward quickly.

I just want to make a mention of the Red Line in Baltimore. As we all know, this was a big priority of the Maryland delegation for a long time.

For as long as we have had big banks, they have had too much power in this town.

We all know what they really wanted to do--maximize profits, risks be damned.

We are so grateful to Senator Van Hollen, the chief sponsor of the Transit Worker and Pedestrian Protection Act.

Well, I appreciate that, and we introduced work together on the National Transit Workforce Act as well, and I was pleased to see the FTA stand up the training center.

Yeah. Well, we are going to push them because the uneven implementation of this around the country is concerning, especially in light of the ongoing risks to transit workers.

I have to give accolades to Senator Chris Van Hollen because what he did not only was authoring the bill, he continued to have steady communications with the labor leaders and Maryland to ask them, 'How is it going?' 'Where are you at?'…

We all know what they really wanted to do--maximize profits, risks be damned.

I have to give accolades to Senator Chris Van Hollen because what he did not only was authoring the bill, he continued to have steady communications with the labor leaders and Maryland to ask them, 'How is it going?' 'Where are you at?'…

Well, I appreciate that, and I understand from your testimony that right now FTA is relying on you, the ATU, to make determinations as to whether local transit agencies are in compliance.

The railroads think that a train that is more than two miles long only needs one crew member.

We are grateful for Senator Van Hollen, the chief sponsor of the Transit Worker and Pedestrian Protection Act.