"Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for holding this important hearing. I appreciate it."
"We know that the Small Business Administration was really given a nearly impossible task."
"The events of this year have underscored the fragility of our medical preparedness as a Nation."
"In times of unprecedented disasters, it is critical that we come together to leverage the immense power and capability of the American workforce to help pull our country through crisis."
"Invoking the DPA is not a step to take lightly."
"Thank you very much, Mr. Chair, for holding this timely hearing on an important issue which is our Nation's infrastructure."
"Businesses and families across America rely on increasingly complex transportation systems, electric grids, and Internet networks to stay connected and competitive."
"The health of our Nation's infrastructure impacts us all regardless of geography or political affiliation."
"Proposed mines such as PolyMet and Twin Metals are on the table now and trying to get permitted."
"We want to supply the copper for the windmills. And the nickel and cobalt for the electric batteries."
"I would much rather get those minerals from our home state of Minnesota than from other governments, such as China."
"The steel dumping, this administration stopped the steel dumping which was cheap and brittle steel to the best made steel in the world."