Eleanor Holmes Norton actually said...

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

For too long, we have accepted preventable traffic deaths as inevitable, prioritized speed over safety.

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.