We are seeing ACO participation shrinking rather than growing.

A lot of people, including our people in our national security establishment, have said that the biggest issues to America actually are the debt and deficits, and they go on to say that it appears that the biggest part in our debt and…

What happened was Citizens United in January of 2010.

The economic risks that we are talking about are many. They are profound. They are deeply dangerous.

I think that what happened in here was delivery system reform.

What the fossil fuel industry has done in our politics makes me think of Winston Churchill's phrase many years ago of committing a crime that has no name.

Last year, working with my colleague Senator Susan Collins from Maine, we were able to add additional $125 million to the Low-No program, bringing it up to about $180 million.

This is an incredibly important hearing on transit because it is an issue that has not received the attention it should have over many years.

So this in a way would increase demand and resources to the agency, so by investing in more frequent service, we will get a return on more passengers, and that seems to be a logical sort of approach to trying to help our agencies.

I hope to work with Ranking Member Toomey and all of the Members of our Committee to advance a surface transportation bill and tackle other infrastructure investment we need to create economic growth, in all communities.

Mr. President, I am pleased to introduce the bipartisan Strengthening Research in Adult Education Act with my colleague, Senator Young. We are in urgent need of identifying and disseminating innovative and effective methods for supporting…

Public transit will help restore and grow our economy as we emerge from the pandemic. Good transit attracts good jobs.

We know who gets hurt the most when transit isn't a reliable option--it's the Black and Brown neighborhoods who have been historically cut off from job centers, it's the women working at essential jobs, it's rural areas where walking isn't…

Public transportation helps people get to work and school and to doctors' appointments and the grocery store, and spend less of their time and hard-earned money commuting.

The need for these funds to upgrade wastewater systems cannot be overstated.

This committee's work, I have no doubt, will save lives and property; and it will restore peace of mind to the communities I'm honored to represent.

I am particularly grateful that the package included legislation that Senator Markey, Congressman Moulton, and I introduced--the Leonel Rondon Pipeline Safety Act.

We must build and retrofit infrastructure capable of withstanding the rising waters, more intense and more frequent storms brought on by climate change.