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How come in red States they are not afraid to raise the gas tax but they send people to Congress who are?

Today's hearing will explore the nuances of federal tolling policy, congestion pricing, and technology solutions to address congestion.

Investing in transit and other methods to reduce vehicle-miles traveled is a highly effective tool to reduce congestion.

I cannot imagine this area, this National Capital region, without transit.

I want to welcome our witnesses in particular, but all of you to today's hearing, as we are fast galloping toward the need to reauthorize the FAST Act.

This is a very important hearing, because without you, we really would have no notion of what is at stake here.

On Thursday, September 19, the Committee on Oversight and Reform will hold a historic hearing on D.C. statehood. It will be the first hearing on H.R. 51 in 26 years. This is not an informational hearing, Madam Speaker. This is a…

It's crazy. Our adversaries are using espionage, including human intelligence assets against us every day.

For the president to put his own self-interest, it seems, above the national interest of the United States, above the national security of the United States, which in so many instances, this just being the latest, seems to be his pattern…

The national security process has completely broken down.

It was an appalling judgment to invite the Taliban, responsible for the deaths of thousands of Americans, to Camp David when they hadn't agreed to end the conflict with the Afghan government, much less talk to the Afghan government.

What President Trump is proving is that even if we had a system that was performing as it should, he could care less, and he would throw the results out the window.

It is an extreme proposal, to put it mildly. There is a reason that reorganizations are rarely done.

I do want to lay to rest this affordability question. It is an argument for decentralizing the entire Federal Government.

Have you looked at the history of what this same move has done to USDA? They have experienced a 71 percent loss of staff.

I have an amendment that would block movement of two USDA offices out of the Nation's Capital.

I don't object at all to the fact that almost everybody in BLM is in the field.

Have you looked at that history, sir?