I certainly look forward to working with you. You have already scored a big success with the Apollo 50 Go for the Moon event on The Mall in July.

The Institution must be perceived as an honest broker and apolitical, particularly when Americans remain divided on many issues.

I do want to thank you, Secretary Bunch, for bringing the cast of the hands of one of my most famous constituents in Springfield, Illinois.

You have already scored a big success with the Apollo 50 Go for the Moon event on The Mall in July.

The concern of post-employment background checks, huh? What are you hiding, Mr. Secretary?

Thank you, Chairperson Lofgren, for holding this hearing, and welcome to both witnesses today who are testifying for the first time before our Committee.

Very important issue. As I said in my opening statements, congestion even hits a district like mine.

Congestion negatively impacts our ability to move products to domestic and international markets, which undermines our economy and global competitiveness.

Now, that may work in Chicago, but I am really not convinced it is going to work in the smaller cities that I represent.

As we work to reauthorize surface transportation programs and policies, it's my hope we can address school bus safety in a bipartisan manner that prevents such instances from occurring in the future.

Statistics show that the schoolbus is the safest and most regulated vehicle on the road.

Each fatality resulting from a school bus crash is more than a statistic.