Elizabeth Esty

If we get NextGen right, we are helping with safety, we won't lose planes.

I can say in Connecticut where I am working very hard to bring manufacturing back

Thank you, Mr. Ranking Member, and thank you for your leadership on this issue. I appreciate the kind words of my colleagues and their support for this amendment.

I have an amendment at the desk. I would like to offer and withdraw my amendment. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 100, strike lines 7 through 11. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to the…

I am really glad we are having this hearing today.

I would also recommend to you and ask you how you are reaching out to local stakeholders.

We cannot be competitive in the 21st century, globally competitive if we are leaving 60 percent of our workforce out of the STEM fields.

I want to know from both of you, if I have your commitments to work directly with the State of Connecticut and with Metro-North.

Passenger rail has to be safe and reliable, because if a railroad isn't reliable, it will be safe, only because nobody is riding on it anymore.

We are very eager to move forward and get this resolved as quickly as possible.

I believe it is absolutely critical for the U.S. to continue to set the gold standard for aviation safety, so we must do a better job.

I would also say bring an astronaut to your schools, which I did in December, and I took them into a pilot program in one of my underserved communities.

For both of those populations it is going to be vitally important that we explore all ranges of transit and include things like light rail, make it more possible, buses, light rail, metro systems, to make it possible for people live where…

I think we can agree on that. And again, we appreciate your work on leaning these processes, so more of these funds, which are more limited than we wish they were, really are getting on the ground, making a difference in communities.

As we look towards the reauthorization of MAP-21, it is important for us to consider the current status of the New Starts program in order to improve performance in the years ahead.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I want to thank you for holding this hearing and for all of our witnesses for helping us with this very critical issue.

The State going to be able to get some assistance in raising those rail beds, which is, indeed, clearly one of our choke points and one of our risks for resiliency.

Congratulations on your confirmation. You have an important role and responsibility as head of an agency charged with protecting the environment and the public's health.

Thank you, Chairman Smith and Ranking Member Johnson for holding today's hearing on the Environmental Protection Agency.

The disruption around the New Haven Line is unacceptable and an avoidable failure.

This is the final amendment to the bill which will not kill the bill or send it back to committee. If adopted, it will simply and immediately be amended. The farm bill traditionally has been a risk-management tool for our country. It has…

I support the concept of innovative financing. I am a fan of and cosponsor of the infrastructure bank.

I think a watershed approach would actually be extremely helpful for a district like mine with New England...

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Connecticut will be postponed. Amendment No. 7 Offered by Ms. Jackson Lee The Acting…

I now yield 1 minute to my colleague, the distinguished gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Lipinski).