Thank you, Mr. Ross, for your willingness to serve this country in the position of Secretary of Commerce.

I commend the Department for those efforts.

Thank you, Mr. Pruitt, for being here today, but also for accepting the nomination.

It is a service and a sacrifice not just for you, but for your family.

It is important that the Agency be open, transparent, and answerable for its actions.

We have a crisis of public trust in this country.

The stewardship of the integrity of that office is critically important.

No one is more qualified to fill this role than Senator Sessions.

Tragically, our current President multiple times over the last 3 or 4 years has exacerbated this political polarization.

We have a crisis in this country of civic ignorance.

I was disgusted by his comments as a woman and as a Republican. It was very upsetting.

I believe that consumers should be able to choose when and how to share that data.

We were raising concerns about the FCC's recent Lifeline Order.

I think it is important that we get correct information out to the people of this country so they understand the situation that we are facing with our military.

As I've stated before in this Subcommittee, time is money.

I am pleased to convene the Senate Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety and Security for today's hearing entitled 'Intermodal and Interdependent: The FAST Act, the Economy, and Our Nation's…

We have always been--VVA has been strongly in favor of giving as much private capital into the game as possible.

Veterans deserve more from us. They expect more from us. They expect us to uphold our end of the bargain.