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

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

Whether it is a road user charge or congestion pricing or some other way of funding the transportation system, I think what all of us agree on is that it should be user-based, it should be a fee for service.

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

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

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I was sent here to Congress to improve the lives of my constituents in West Virginia who are forced to commute for hours on dangerous and damaged rural mountain roads, just to get to work in the nearest town.

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

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

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

If this unanimous consent request cannot be entertained, I urge the Speaker and the majority leader to immediately schedule this bill. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman is not recognized for debate. ____________________

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.

My home state is the epicenter of the opioid crisis.

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.

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

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

Thank you, Madame Chair.

I honor my communications director Lindsay Nothern for his dedication of more than 20 years to Senate service. Lindsay has been a valued member of my staff since we both started Senate service in 1999. When I was sworn in as a U.S…