Debbie Stabenow

It is really important that this be reauthorized.

I very much appreciate and commend President Biden's executive order to conduct a thorough supply chain review.

We want to export our products, not our jobs.

I am extremely pleased to see President Biden put forward your name for this very, very important position.

More than half of the adults in the U.S. right now report mental health as being negatively impacted for them due to stress over the coronavirus.

I was very excited to see that someone of your values and experience and competency would be nominated by President Biden.

One in four young adults between the ages of 18 and 24 say they have considered suicide in the past month because of the pandemic.

I think this Committee has the opportunity to fundamentally change the future for our country and for our citizens.

Our companies are investing tens of billions of dollars on the future right now.

I couldn't agree more that we have to look at our financing around transportation.

China has invested $100 billion to get ahead of us.

I have great confidence in both of your leaderships, and I am looking forward to really important work in a number of areas, particularly around surface transportation reauthorization.

I can't imagine more difficult decisions than the ones that you have had to make, certainly in Michigan, to keep people safe and save lives, so thank you.

We are also looking at China holding almost three-fourths of the world's manufacturing capacity for lithium ion battery cells.

Addressing this challenge sooner rather than later is both important from the standpoint of meeting the needs of these people as they retire, but it also makes economic sense.

The time to act really is now, and I would like you to speak to the importance of this issue.

No, it`s not proper. And I have to tell you that what we have supported, whatever the house managers needed in time and so on, but we`ve not sat down with them. That is, of course, not appropriate to do.

January 6th was not a one-off. This is something that was built for months.

I think that makes sense. And first, I have to say, Chris, representing and living in Michigan my whole life, the majority of people in Michigan are horrified by all of what has happened in our own capitol and to our governor, as well as…

I look forward to working with both of you on this Committee.

I will be soon introducing legislation with my Budget Committee friend and colleague Senator Braun that is going to make much-needed reforms in the Buy American Act.

I could not agree more. I know there are a number of different bills that we will want to be looking at as well.

Our drumbeat is that whatever is done, it needs to be voluntary, producer-led, and bipartisan.

I share Senator Boozman's concern about markets and trade, and what we need to do to get stability back for our farmers and our ranchers.

Our strong relationship is really one of the best things about our Committee, and it makes it easier to put aside partisan politics and get things done.