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Today's hearing is an opportunity to hear a variety of perspectives on the NTSB's final report, which includes more than 30 additional rail safety recommendations, several of which require congressional action.
Since the Norfolk Southern derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, committee Democrats have been calling for a rail safety hearing and rail safety legislation.
Ensuring safety in every mode of transportation should always be this committee's top priority.
This hearing is taking place at a particularly important time of political and social unease.
Prior to the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Building in Oklahoma City, the Federal Government had no established approach to security for federally owned or leased facilities.
Regulations such as the proposal to amend the Vending Machine Exception will undermine off-highway businesses and communities.
We can do better, and we should try, and we have the time to do it.
I support Vice President Harris. I think she gives us the strongest chance to win.
Look, polls show somewhere between 55 percent and 70 percent of Democrats think that the President should step aside at this point.
I think it's time for the President to step aside.
What we are witnessing here is the second greatest act of political malpractice from the Biden campaign team that I think this country has ever witnessed.
We write to express our serious concerns regarding the Department of Transportation's (DOT) continued delay in implementing two critical rulemakings essential for improving truck safety on our nation's roads.
We have to deal with this issue, so I appreciate it.
Corporate greed is actually adding fuel to this fire, making it harder for childcare providers to stay in business.
Yet we continue to hear from our Republican friends that we should target IRS funding as part of the increasing deficit.
When it comes to our national budget, spending is just half of the equation. There is also revenue.
We have to deal with this issue, so I appreciate it.
When you can't get affordable childcare, you can't work. It is that simple.