I am proud to represent California's 49th Congressional District, which is home to over 50 miles of pristine coastline.

Thank you for including my bill, H.R. 6841, the Resilient Coasts and Estuaries Act, in today's hearing.

Congressman Carter's legislation would do two critical things.

I will point out that the petroleum industry has been subsidized for the better part of 120 years, and continues to this day to have very, very significant subsidies.

Will you ensure that the FAA fully enforces these stronger 'Buy America' requirements for rolling stock?

Will you commit to examine this 1994 waiver of 'Buy America' requirements for public ferry systems and consider repealing it?

The policy of the President was to make it in America, buy America.

I am all for EVs, but let the technology catch up, and don't try to ban internal combustion engines at the rate that you are doing.

Thank you so very much for your very significant leadership in making it happen, and also picking up a very, very important part of an American policy, and that is: make it in America, buy American.

I reiterate the invitation for you to visit the 31st Congressional District in California again.

We hear they want more protection now.

DOT recently provided an update to the Justice40 initiative. The Department has exceeded its goal of delivering 40 percent of the benefits of Federal investments to disadvantaged communities.

It is simply put an alarming State of affairs. It cannot be tolerated.

I'm a proud cosponsor of the American Music Fairness Act and a strong supporter of what this bill at its core and what it stands for, and what it means to the creators.

I am one of the people that helped push for right to try, because I believe strongly that even when something has some unknown risk, those who are most going to be affected without it have a right to take that risk.

A man who never gets out of the office practically has Covid like five times.

If we want to make a deal here today, you are hearing numbers that you pay that much for your coffee service in a year.

We must get this right.