Well, I don't know that you can do a one-to-one comparison with the last Cold War. But certainly you see this kind of great power competition.

If you can buy it in the showroom today, it is not an autonomous vehicle.

They provided commitments in writing, including Southwest that they would go above the previous level of what you do to take care of customers with things like covering the cost if you get stuck and you need a hotel or a meal, in addition…

This is an unacceptable situation. You look at the number of passengers who are stranded, you look at how hard it is even to get somebody on the phone to address it.

We have major weather events hitting hubs that affect major airlines, so unfortunately, a lot of travelers are in for some disruption.

Our focus has been on reducing the pressure of cost of living on families.

It's also a top concern for the president. It's one of the reasons why he's made clear that his top economic priority is fighting inflation.

If we hadn't done that, if we hadn't rescued the economy through the American Rescue Plan, we would not have had the 10 million jobs that were created under this president.

Obviously, there are issues with the border and with migration. But these are the kinds of stunts you see from people who don`t have a solution.

It`s one thing to call attention to a problem when you have a course of action, as some of the folks here speak enough about an issue exercising their First Amendment rights have done or in elected office.

You flee a communist regime in Venezuela, you come here, and then somebody tricks you -- somebody`s using Florida taxpayer money for some reason tricks you into going from Texas to Massachusetts. It`s not just ineffectual. It is hurting…

I really believe it was the direct intervention of the president, as well as all the other things the administration did, that helped move this toward a deal before it was too late.

You have got a president who is passionate about making sure we have excellent rail in America and a president who was proud to be the most pro-labor, pro-union president that we have had in modern times, perhaps ever.

The president was personally engaged. Secretary Marty Walsh convened the parties at the Department of Labor for the final stretch of negotiations.

Part of what that contains is lower prescription drug prices. And most people are on board with that, think we should have done it a long time ago.

This is also an issue of equity. We`ve got to make sure that we have ways of organizing our infrastructure for the future that don`t exclude people, or worse, divide or segregate.

I think I saw somewhere, something like 70 percent of Republicans, out around the country, think it is a good idea to let Medicare negotiate prescription drug prices.

If we want to be true to a tradition, we have got to remember that that tradition was about looking to the future.

I think people are looking towards the future and looking for solutions.

The point is to connect, not to divide.

The president took a lot of steps to help stabilize gas prices, not that he controls them.

I think people are looking around at how their lives are different, how they are shaped by forces around the world and political decisions made in Washington.

the Inflation Reduction Act becoming law

I am still astonished that some folks -- and I felt this, testifying in Congress yesterday -- some folks seem to really struggle to let go of the status quo.

We are the ones fighting to make EVs cheaper, because we know if we make them more affordable for more Americans, then more Americans can save at the pump.