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I believe, if we invest in our Nation's roads now, we will see long-term economic benefits, nationwide.

These projects, when taken on, will breathe commerce, jobs, and economic growth into our southern counties.

Improving our Nation's roads and bridges is imperative to increasing safety, as well as connecting our Nation.

It is totally unacceptable that the bridge has been completed for over a decade, but is still wholly unusable.

The way we are funding the Highway Trust Fund now is with fuel tax and our grandchildren's money. We are borrowing.

Building and maintaining our major road system is essential for exporting West Virginia's abundant resources, and encouraging economic prosperity.

West Virginians sent me to Congress to hold our government accountable to the people that it serves.

I think the data in our home State would validate that.

I was just going to raise a topic that I have not heard much about, and just going through your testimony I have not seen...

In January, 254 pounds of fentanyl was seized at a border crossing in the United States. This is enough fentanyl to kill every man, woman and child in West Virginia 32 times over.

I represent a region in the state of Idaho, also a landlocked state, and will just tell you right up front, my level of expertise on the right whale is quite negligible.

This is enough fentanyl to kill every man, woman and child in West Virginia 32 times over.

My home state is the epicenter of the opioid crisis.

I respectfully disagree with those who are saying throw money in now and do structural reforms later.

Thank you, Madame Chair.

We need to stop violent gangs like MS-13 from entering our cities and bringing their violence and evil onto our streets. We need to stop the drug smugglers from devastating our communities and flooding our towns with opioids, like heroin…

I believe that community college is a great place to obtain the education. I think, again, the funding issue is the problem, making the funding available so that continuing education is acceptable as well as curriculum education.

I appreciate the work you do. It is, like I said, vitally important, and any way we can help, I am more than willing to help.