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You are exactly right that the breadth of the Assistant Secretary's portfolio is wide, and I'm looking forward to getting to the Department, if I'm confirmed, to tackle these challenges.

We are seeing the effects of inaction now.

It is indeed a big task to take on, and I'm ready for it.

We were outside, OK. And we were all -- everybody has been vaccinated.

Joe Manchin echoing -- Steven said that could be 80 votes for this. Could be 90 votes for this.

I`ve told them. I said the bottom line is we should basically dedicate ourselves to a voting piece of legislation that truly is the Voting Rights Act of 1965, the John Lewis Voting Rights Act that we`ve been working on. And narrow it down…

We have 68. Mike Rounds could not be there, so if you count Mike Rounds in there, I think once people see the content of the legislation, it could be a lot more.

In many ways, the Oversight Board has made life on the island harder and less fair for so many Puerto Ricans.

I opposed PROMESA because I believed it would not do enough to protect the people of Puerto Rico during the debt restructuring process.

The Committee will come to order. The Committee is meeting today to consider S. 375, Senator Menendez's bill...

We are also very fortunate to have Judge Arthur Gonzalez with us.

I am pleased to welcome our dear friend, Senator Menendez, who has joined us this morning to provide a few remarks.

If this delta variant comes and keeps coming faster and faster and faster, it'll be too late for a lot of people that didn't get vaccinated. For crying out loud, you've got to get yourself vaccinated. That's just all there is to it.

We should be able to have our waterway systems free and available for that type of economy.

I think that is something that we need to prioritize.

I look forward to working on this, as well.

I look forward to continuing to work with you to ensure all outstanding mine land Reclamation needs are adequately addressed.

I appreciate that the Administration has provided Congress with lists of its proposed maintenance and LWCF and deferred maintenance projects.