"The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is, and this hearing today, is another opportunity to highlight how these Federal infrastructure dollars are benefiting communities."
"We are actively engaged with the State, as well as the private sector contractors who are already mobilized."
"This is overwhelmingly supported by my constituents and by Bay Staters at large."
"Ms. Carlson, the New York Times recently detailed a dramatic rise in pedestrian deaths in the United States in the last decade."
"This is a population that experiences 80 percent unemployment."
"Thanks to the BIL, the Department has awarded $25 million in RAISE grants to Whatcom County in my district to replace the 60-year-old Lummi Island Ferry."
"The militarization of the South China Sea... is a huge surface area for inadvertent or intentional escalation that could lead to conflict."
"It is important just to articulate the tradeoffs so that we here on the panel, but also my constituents, can understand the imperative of the Coast Guard mission and why it is important that we suppor..."
"The Highway Trust Fund is running such a massive deficit that the gas tax couldn't meet its needs even if it were five times higher."
"The solution is devolution. Congress should leave highway taxation and spending to the states."
"sitting next to your kids isn't a bell or a whistle. It's important, and you shouldn't have to pay for it."