"Each of these dredging projects is essential to both the daily lives of our constituents and the regional economy."
"People are suffering right now in terms of what we are telling them. And rather than bait and switch, we should help them as much as possible, I am sure you agree."
"Congress does have a role in governing the Department of Education."
"I tell my kids that their kids are going to grow up in a world where Chinese cars are probably going to dominate the world."
"I sense some level of frustration. I will also tell you, you are two of my heroes."
"Mr. Secretary, with all due respect, you're a Cabinet member. The buck stops with you."
"I look forward to hearing more about the details and the rationale for the Fair Chance Act from our witnesses."
"There is plenty of evidence-based research about the investments we need to make in this country to stop this crisis."
"If you have some fire burning in you, you had better have it at full flame, because every day people are dying."
"Some of those performance standards asked you and the National Academy of Sciences to help with best practices in this regard, to make sure that the efforts we have made actually show real results as ..."
"There needed to be some congressional action to help improve the authorities that EPA had."