Thank you, Chairwoman Johnson, for your leadership in holding this hearing.

I think they will, absolutely. I mean, there are going to be setbacks. There are things that will happen that we can't control. But what the Biden administration can control they are doing very well.

Well, in Michigan right now we are positive the rate is around 3%. It's one of the lowest in the nation, we have gotten over 1.7 million shots in arms, one of the highest in the nation.

Equity is an important aspect back to us making sure that we get these vaccines out. And the Biden administration is focused on it. My administration is focused on it.

The lack of trust between the people of Flint and public institutions is even worse than it is in many other communities.

I am all about next-gen nuclear power, I am all about SMRs and thorium reactors and anything that we can do.

the stock market is simply a casino for the rich whose gambling hurts pension and retirement funds.

So just to be clear, let's not gaslight the American people. You will all be fine with the tax.

In my home State--in fact, my own district--America's largest electric utilities, like DTE in my district, have committed to reaching net-zero emissions by 2050.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

In order to reduce CO2 emissions as fast as possible we need to modernize the permitting process.

One way to ensure that this enormous wealth generated on Wall Street actually reaches the real economy... is to enact and look at proposals like a financial transaction tax.

some estimates indicate that as a result of the high frequency trading, pension and retirement accounts pay nearly $5 billion in taxes.

Even before the pandemic, Representative Garamendi and I had introduced a bill to bring back pharmaceutical production to America

As we all know, China has become an ever-increasing threat, not only to the Pacific region, but globally.

we must have funds that are allocated for those who simply do not have the resources

I am not naive. When I left the Postal Service, I came to Congress and have had responsibility for 8 years

I pledge to you today that my objective, sir, is to make it where we have a Postal Service that works for the American citizens.