Safety, security, cybersecurity, privacy, I mean, it is all wrapped into this new technology and we should be really leading in this space.

What steps can the Department of Labor take to ensure that companies like Amazon are held accountable for their mistreatment of workers?

It is important that we update our labor laws and empower the Department of Labor to protect our workers.

I will continue the reading of Martin Luther King's letter from the Birmingham jail. I hope, sirs, you can understand our legitimate and unavoidable impatience. You express a great deal of anxiety over our willingness to break laws. This…

We have underinvested in both our physical and human infrastructure for far too long.

In my view, addressing these impacts should be at the top of both of your lists.

I know one area we must address as we look at global competition over new technology is the standard-setting process.

If we don't lead, as the United States, others will lead for us and that will have an impact.

It is important that we do this equitably because the infrastructure needs of one region, State, or community might be different than the needs of another community.

It is incredibly timely for us to be discussing these issues and working toward a bipartisan transportation reauthorization.

I started working with Senator Cornyn on legislation that would help States stand up crisis services and make them sustainable by integrating them into both public and commercial insurance plans.

Every community deserves frequent, high-quality transit service that builds connections to opportunities.

I think one of the places where the Deputy Secretary's office has a real opportunity is in making sure that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.

The federal government has a responsibility to support Native health systems.

Now, the American Rescue Plan is a critical first step to getting families back on their feet.

It is one I have mentioned before in this Committee. That is the impact that this pandemic has had on the mental health and well-being of our Native families.

I am so grateful to each of you and your organizations for the unbelievable time and effort that you have put toward helping Native communities fight this pandemic.

Thank you for holding this hearing. It is extremely timely and important, the pandemic, of course, highlighting so many vulnerabilities in our global supply chain.