"I think we should also be as honest about what we are actually doing here."
"The Majority is clearly trying to score political points with some sort of panic around whatever wokeism is."
"The far right wants revenge, and they want to revenge on corporations, on working people, on everybody."
"I'm proud to represent Long Beach and the Port of Long Beach, and Port of Long Beach and LA, of course, are the largest port complex in the United States as it relates to cargo container volume."
"I'm also proud to co-chair the Congressional Ports Caucus and understand how critical port infrastructure is to the Nation's economy."
"Every single Republican Member of this committee actually voted to slash that program, along with other grant programs as well."
"We know that in the last two years since President Biden took office, we have seen an incredible amount of progress."
"I want to congratulate the work in the last two years for the incredible savings and really reforms that have made our government work better for the American people."
"our colleagues on the other side of the aisle, unfortunately, want to propose just damaging spending cuts that would damage a lot of this progress."
"Investments in climate change lower the government's fiscal exposure, and that is something that has been pretty clear."
"Republicans are still trying to propose cuts across our government, which is really unacceptable."
"We have seen an incredible amount of progress, and a lot of us are really grateful for the work that has happened throughout the Administration."