"Maybe we should stop calling them urban areas, because the rural part of our region feeds straight into these roads and bridges."
"I cannot support an infrastructure bill, of course, that is biased against urban areas."
"Buy America is extremely important. Make it in American is extremely important."
"we do have a challenge out ahead, and that is to push back against all of the fake news surrounding the Jones Act."
"The supplemental appropriations relating to the three hurricanes will be moving through Congress."
"I suspect there is a high level of ignorance about the damage that the Coast Guard has sustained and about the cost and the facilities."
"The private American companies that employ the Jones Act have made significant investments in Puerto Rico."
"It seems to me that it might be useful to keep that in mind."
"Excuse me, but you are dancing around the fundamental issue that I have raised."
"I would suggest that the companies that built that equipment not be the ones responsible for certifying that it is actually working."
"The loss of life is of great concern to all of us, and our hearts go out to all the families."