We have got to figure out a way to get them better connected.

If the schools are voting with their feet and not participating, then for whatever reasons, the juice is not worth the squeeze for them.

Having access to reliable, affordable, accessible public transportation can be the difference between opportunity and isolation.

I applaud the Biden Administration for taking this step to modernize the Federal procurement process.

As we on the Science Committee know, science-based information is crucial in Federal decisionmaking.

This rule will provide unprecedented insight into the climate risks contained without the Federal procurement sector.

Those of us on this committee know that transit is the great equalizer.

I was glad that two towns in my district recently received AOPP funds to increase mobility for economically disadvantaged folk in NC04.

I have some legislation that will help clarify this and make everybody's life a little easier.

As my colleague Mr. Graves mentioned, there is no question you have a tough job.

It is really, I think, a very sad state that we passed a very, very good law that had a lot of debate internally, bipartisan support over here, bicameral support, signed into law by a president, and then, when there was a new…

Last I checked, patients' premiums have not gone down, have not gone down. They have skyrocketed.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the remarkable life and legacy of North Carolina's Dr. John Gilbert, who recently passed. From Dr. Gilbert's time serving in the U.S. Army to his tenure on the Wake County School Board, he devoted his…

I'm also concerned about the implications for NOAA staff.

As a parent myself, I often think, how can any parent turn their child over to somebody to take them to a better place or a safer place?

To me, it jumped off the page as to, you know, no politician who thinks they can glean power--supernaturally I guess--from doing this should go--should not go unaddressed, and they should not--there should be accountability for that kind…

I will tell you that I recently traveled to Kenya.

I feel very, very strongly that we, as Americans, and especially as American elected officials, despite our own many domestic problems have an obligation to hear and see human rights abuses and suffering around the world.