Thanks to leaders like Chair DeFazio, Representative Young, and so many of you, we now have the most transformative transportation investment in most of our lifetimes.

One thing we have been working on with the Department of Energy is better sourcing of some of the elements that go into batteries, for example, ideally in the United States and, if not in the United States, then in geopolitically…

We encourage local hire. It depends of course on the program.

The first is to make the processes simpler on the front end.

We need to improve Amtrak's national fleet. No doubt about it. I am certain, and I would love for the committee to hear your efforts, sir, to continue to support and strengthen the great work that is being done at Beech Grove and oppose…

Nobody I know, certainly not me, thinks that all or even most Americans can easily afford electric vehicles.

We would love to bring that...

If our Presidency is not in good shape, then our country is not in good shape.

Yes. That is part of it.

The more pain we are all experiencing from the high price of gas, the more benefit there is for those who can access electric vehicles.

I think that we will learn a great deal through this first-ever round of applications coming in.

I have never suggested that it would be easy for all Americans to afford electric vehicles; although again, I would point to the fact that the first EV I ever had was about $14,000, but we think that policy measures can make it more…

The All Stations Accessibility Program is going to provide unprecedented dedicated resources to help upgrade legacy rail stations for people with disabilities.

Success means delivering good projects that improve the lives of your constituents.

Justice40 is an opportunity to address gaps in transportation infrastructure and public services by working toward the goal that many of our grants, programs, and initiatives allocate at least 40 percent of the overall benefits from…

The second thing is to make sure that we're proactively engaging project sponsors or would-be project sponsors.

That is something different than just, I want the parking space.

Nearly 43,000 people died in traffic crashes last year, each of them a parent or child, colleague or friend.