We are going to have a good time.

We have a responsibility to the taxpayers to, not only work together, but to also run this Committee in a transparent way.

I am just excited to see the student loan program that has been very successful in helping congressional staffers be able to pay off their student debt.

I am hopeful our hearing room will reopen soon so we can work together in person.

I believe getting this Committee back to regular order can help us increase transparency and hopefully it will improve bipartisan relations as well.

I was encouraged by President Biden's call for unity in his inaugural speech, and I hope this Committee will follow that call to action.

Instead, this committee's focus has been on how we can permanently implement remote voting so Members don't ever have to come to Washington again.

I did miss you, and I missed all of our colleagues.

Mr. Chair, did you miss me? He didn't even say yes.

The DBE program has been successful, and this Committee has demonstrated a bipartisan commitment to this program.

I commend you for holding this hearing today. This is an important discussion--important to all of us in the room.

Thank you for recognizing our colleague John Lewis and the difference he made to our Nation not so long ago.