"He knows that democracy is hard work."
"President Biden could not have made a better choice."
"Whatever I have achieved in this job over the past 10 years is a credit to Jon's leadership and partnership."
"I urge my colleagues from both sides to confirm this exceptional nominee."
"I want to thank all the nominees for your willingness to serve."
"I believe that the administration's American Jobs Plan and American Families Plan will increase the productive capacity of the economy."
"Can you commit to looking into this to make sure that we can figure it out?"
"I will 100-percent commit to making this program more effective."
"I also want to call all the nominees' attention to the Social Impact Partnerships to Pay for Results Act."
"I think you described these as compounding disturbances in your testimony."
"If we can target resources to high-priority areas and partner with states, tribes, municipalities and landowners we could build climate resilience and create millions of jobs in the process."