"It is a peculiar thought to think that you can build a road for the cars, and that is infrastructure, but you try to recharge the cars and that isn't infrastructure."
"We need a labor shortage in this country. We need employers screaming that they can't get the labor they need."
"We have a housing shortage in this country."
"We ought to raise the cap, because we have an excellent program in our country to provide for middle-class and upper-middle-class housing."
"We are considering Chairwoman Waters' Housing is Infrastructure Act, which would incentivize State and local governments to remove barriers for high-density affordable housing."
"I want to join with Karen Bass--and, I am sure, others--in saying how important it is that the committee focus the FAA's attention on airport noise."
"When this subway is built, I will retire from Congress. That may be the biggest incentive for some of you to support this project."
"The reason the San Fernando Valley is so-called a 'valley' is due to its famous separation from the westside of Los Angeles by the Santa Monica Mountain range."
"The daily commuter spends an average 56 hours of their lives per year sitting in traffic in the Sepulveda Pass."
"Already listed among the nation's top 10 most congested roadways, the Sepulveda Pass Corridor serves a population that is expected to grow by 14% over the next two decades."
"I hope very much that you will work with Congress to replace and restore the 15,000 enforcement officers that the IRS has lost in the past decade."
"He has worked for more than a decade to use the power of the purse to strengthen the War Powers Resolution and to rein in the executive branch's overreach."