The program provides Federal assistance for communities to clean up contaminated lands, to revitalize the areas and rededicate the land to productive centers of civic and economic activity.

That is a pretty long question. I would be happy to repeat that if anybody wants me to.

I yearn to live there someday.

Today we are going to discuss the Environmental Protection Agency's Brownfields Program as we begin to work on the program's reauthorization.

The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law that the President signed into law 10 months ago, the most far-reaching, transformative infrastructure legislation in the history of the Country.

I am interested in seeing what you agree with, and maybe a couple of areas where you don't.

There are concerns that development of brownfields can do unintended harm by displacing the people who live there.

I already telegraphed my pitch and indicated one of the things I am looking for is finding consensus.

That is great. Wonderful story, thank you.

You are welcome to a committee today where we actually work across the aisle remarkably well.

I want to again commend our staffs for finding you and convincing you to come and join us.

It is time now to review the State of the Brownfields Program, and to examine what works well, to identify potential ways to update the program so it can best meet the evolving challenges that communities face.

Let the record show Ernst 1, chair zero.

Yes, people like to be asked.

More often than not, we find the middle and work toward getting stuff done.

I rise today to remind our colleagues of the incredible opportunity that we have before us today--incredible opportunity that we have before us today. Later today, this body, the U.S. Senate, will have the opportunity to vote to ratify the…

I want to thank our leader for his leadership. None of this would have happened without your leadership. I want to thank your staff. I want to thank the relative respective staffs on our side here and the Senators especially on the…

I have six requests for committees to meet during today's session of the Senate. They have the approval of the Majority and Minority Leaders. Pursuant to rule XXVI, paragraph 5(a), of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the following…

while he is still here on the floor, I just want to express to Senator Menendez, my thanks, our thanks, to him and others on the Foreign Relations Committee for his leadership and for setting us up for great success--American businesses up…

I like to say, if it is not perfect, make it better, so keep working on it.

mobility is freedom. And for some people it means it is a car, for other people it might mean a bike path...

One of the best family trips my family ever took was to Alaska.

If confirmed as Administrator, will you work to ensure that agencies are providing... necessary assistance to counties, to cities, to towns...

Harry Truman once said, 'The only thing new in the world is the history we forgot or never learned.'

vehicle emissions from the transportation sector represent the largest single source of carbon emissions in our country, accounting for something close to 30 percent for all U.S. emissions in 2020.