It sounds like your mother adheres to the Golden Rule: Treat other people the way we would want to be treated.

I move to approve and report the nomination favorably to the Senate.

Let me be clear, though: There is still a lot of work to be done on infrastructure in this Congress.

Communicate and compromise. I can't tell you how many people who have been married 60, 70 years say communicate and compromise is really important. It is also the secret for a vibrant democracy.

I move to approve and report the nomination favorably to the Senate.

I rise this afternoon, along with several of our colleagues, to discuss the need to end the policy of taxation without representation, which millions of Americans in the District of Columbia have endured for over 200 years and hundreds of…

I would like now to turn to the Surface Transportation Reauthorization Act of 2021.

The fast timeline that led to this markup today is not by chance; it is a reflection of our commitment to getting the work done.

We have nothing to be ashamed of in this bill, even without the Markey Amendment.

And with that, the nomination is confirmed.

this is a work horse committee. We are not show horses, we are work horses.

The roads and highways and bridges in this country need an enormous amount of work, an enormous amount of work.

the idea of climate change is very, very real, and I just thank everybody for noting that

I know Senator Stabenow has been one of our great champions on this issue.

The nomination is approved. Thank you all.

With that, the nomination has been approved, and we report the nomination favorably to the Senate.

my hope is that we will report this bill out with a strong, maybe unanimous vote

Joe Biden likes to say, all politics is personal, all diplomacy is personal. He is really right.

I am proud that our bill focuses on these critical issues of climate, safety, and equity and does so in a bipartisan way.

I would look forward to working with you on these proposals, and any others.

The Chesapeake WILD Act, the first Federal wildlife conservation grant tailored to benefiting species in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed, has bolstered our State's growing outdoor recreation industry.

States looking to expand telehealth in their Medicaid and CHIP programs would benefit from additional research and a more robust understanding of the impact of telehealth.

During the pandemic, telehealth has been an essential, and is becoming a more essential, tool in our toolbox.

Beyond our Committee, the Great American Outdoors Act, which I cosponsored, was enacted last Congress and will provide investments in our public lands and to address their maintenance backlogs.

During the COVID-19 public health emergency--which we are still struggling to get out of, but making progress--a wide variety of policy waivers have been put in place across our country to expand access to telehealth services.