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Ben Cardin
@bencardin· Democratic · MD· Mar 21, 2023

The one area that I hope we will continue to work on is returning citizens, criminal justice-impacted individuals.

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Ben Cardin
@bencardin· Democratic · MD· Mar 21, 2023

The SBA needs to be efficient and serve America's entrepreneurs. It does not need to be making risky bets on the taxpayer's dime.

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Chris Van Hollen
@chrisvanhollen· Democratic · MD· Mar 16, 2023

The railroads think that a train that is more than two miles long only needs one crew member.

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Chris Van Hollen
@chrisvanhollen· Democratic · MD· Mar 16, 2023

We all know what they really wanted to do--maximize profits, risks be damned.

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Chris Van Hollen
@chrisvanhollen· Democratic · MD· Mar 16, 2023

I was really pleased that we were successful at including a lot of those provision in the Bipartisan Infrastructure modernization legislation.

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Chris Van Hollen
@chrisvanhollen· Democratic · MD· Mar 16, 2023

For as long as we have had big banks, they have had too much power in this town.

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Chris Van Hollen
@chrisvanhollen· Democratic · MD· Mar 16, 2023

Yeah. Well, we are going to push them because the uneven implementation of this around the country is concerning, especially in light of the ongoing risks to transit workers.

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Chris Van Hollen
@chrisvanhollen· Democratic · MD· Mar 16, 2023

Well, I appreciate that, and we introduced work together on the National Transit Workforce Act as well, and I was pleased to see the FTA stand up the training center.

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Chris Van Hollen
@chrisvanhollen· Democratic · MD· Mar 16, 2023

We are grateful for Senator Van Hollen, the chief sponsor of the Transit Worker and Pedestrian Protection Act.

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Chris Van Hollen
@chrisvanhollen· Democratic · MD· Mar 16, 2023

We are so grateful to Senator Van Hollen, the chief sponsor of the Transit Worker and Pedestrian Protection Act.

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Chris Van Hollen
@chrisvanhollen· Democratic · MD· Mar 16, 2023

Well, I appreciate that, and I understand from your testimony that right now FTA is relying on you, the ATU, to make determinations as to whether local transit agencies are in compliance.

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Chris Van Hollen
@chrisvanhollen· Democratic · MD· Mar 16, 2023

We are grateful for Senator Van Hollen, the chief sponsor of the Transit Worker and Pedestrian Protection Act.

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Chris Van Hollen
@chrisvanhollen· Democratic · MD· Mar 16, 2023

Well, I appreciate that, and I understand from your testimony that right now FTA is relying on you, the ATU, to make determinations as to whether local transit agencies are in compliance.

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Chris Van Hollen
@chrisvanhollen· Democratic · MD· Mar 16, 2023

We all know what they really wanted to do--maximize profits, risks be damned.

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Chris Van Hollen
@chrisvanhollen· Democratic · MD· Mar 16, 2023

Wall Street banks spent the ensuing years lobbying to roll back safeguards we passed in the wake of that crisis.

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Chris Van Hollen
@chrisvanhollen· Democratic · MD· Mar 16, 2023

We are working with the Commerce Committee to move that legislation forward quickly.

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Chris Van Hollen
@chrisvanhollen· Democratic · MD· Mar 16, 2023

We are so grateful to Senator Van Hollen, the chief sponsor of the Transit Worker and Pedestrian Protection Act.

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Chris Van Hollen
@chrisvanhollen· Democratic · MD· Mar 16, 2023

We are working with the Commerce Committee to move that legislation forward quickly.

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