We must also ensure that wealthy corporations are not just using the pandemic and the supply chain as excuses to exploit consumers and increase their profits.

It should be unthinkable that during a global health pandemic, while so many working families were struggling to get by, that billionaires got richer, but they did.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for holding this hearing to put the spotlight on how corporate greed is, in critical sectors especially, leading to higher prices for consumers and harming workers and families.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, Ranking Member Murkowski, for holding this hearing on S. 3237.

I rise to speak in support of the Transportation Equity Act, which I introduced today. As our Nation is making historic investments in our transportation infrastructure through the bipartisan intrastructure law, equity should be at the…

I appreciate the flexibility in accommodating the schedule, because this is a very important topic before us today.

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