Eleanor Holmes Norton actually said...

We are moving in the wrong direction. Traffic fatalities have increased 19 percent since before the pandemic.

I am proud to say that several of the changes discussed at that hearing became key safety elements of this committee's INVEST in America Act...

[t]he staggering number of deaths occurring on our nation's roadways is an ongoing crisis that demands urgent attention.

We owe it to these victims to remember that each number represents a family torn apart by tragedy.