Political Quotes

“I thank Chairman DeFazio for yielding. It is an honor to serve on the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and bring the needs of rural America to the committee and be able to work on those needs in a bipartisan way. I am proud to say multiple of my standalone bills that are included in the larger package are bipartisan bills that I was able to work across the aisle on with my Republican colleagues. So, I am very confused about their rhetoric around this bill being so partisan, when it has been an honor to get to work across the aisle and find common ground on so many issues. One that I am particularly proud about today is one that is included in this en bloc that increases funding for the Rebuild Rural grant program by $150 million and extends the program for 2 more years, giving certainty to our rural areas, which have long been forgotten here in Washington, D.C. On top of that, what we will see in the larger package is the Investing in America's Bridges Act. It will also include rural road and bridge funding that has often, again, long been forgotten, including the Investing in Community Infrastructure Act as well. There is so much work that we have done here that I know is going to show up in a very big way in my district.…”