We have got to get high-speed trains that people can actually see and ride like they have in the rest of the world.

We have this technology on intercontinental ballistic missiles. I think if it can survive an intercontinental ballistic missile in space, it can handle the underside of a freight car.

Just to pick up on that line of questioning, Mr. Secretary, is there any plan for users of EVs to pay the increased costs that the additional weight and wear and tear on the highways their vehicles creates for the highway system?

I am proud of the work that the CFPB has achieved, and I look forward to working with my colleagues to support their work in the future.

Under President Biden, the U.S. economy has already added over 13 million jobs, and the unemployment rate has now hit a 50-year low.

$50 billion, with a 'B', in emergency stabilization funding to help childcare providers stay solvent.

There is no AI exception to our consumer protection laws.

Without guardrails and consumer protections, AI could just be a new tool for Wall Street and Silicon Valley to swindle Americans out of their savings.

We need to make sure that our existing laws are used to protect consumers.

I was shocked to see Boston's South Station expansion listed as one of the priorities on the Northeast Corridor project inventory.

Congress stepped up and provided the childcare sector with a life raft, $50 billion in funding, during the pandemic.

So to get the teachers we need, we actually have to pay them something closer to what they are worth.

Breaking the law with fancy new tools is still breaking the law.

It tells the world that America is not a reliable partner, that America does not take seriously the values that we have stood for, for two centuries, that we're not willing to stand up to the greatest enemies that we face like Russia and…

Yes, because they're afraid of their constituents, because instead of going home to their districts, and explaining to them why this is important, why funding Ukraine, supporting Ukraine is a great investment in our national security.

These are very high stakes, Anderson. I mean, we're talking about just paying our troops and this used to be the party of national security. But the party that used to champion national security is now against paying our troops.

When Congress passed the Dodd-Frank Act, the purpose was clear, which was to prevent something like the 2008 financial crisis from happening again.

And that just lack of basic political courage to just simply tell the truth is a real problem if you're trying to actually make a deal to fund the government.