Sam Graves

Small businesses should not be held hostage by aggressive trial lawyers eager to make a quick buck.

I urge my colleagues to support WRDA 2024 and its objectives of improving America's infrastructure, reforming project processes, and ensuring that we are better stewards of the taxpayers' money. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my…

Reclaiming my time, Mr. Speaker, I appreciate very much the gentleman from Oklahoma and his willingness to work with me on that. As he pointed out, we will have ample opportunity in conference to work these issues out. I give the gentleman…

We appreciate the opportunity to submit our concerns about DOT's efforts with the Department of Education to expand the definition of vending machine.

We look forward to continuing to work with you to improve safety on our nation's roadways.

We are grateful to Congressman Nehls (R-TX), along with Chairmen Sam Graves (R-MO) and Garret Graves (R-LA), for their leadership on this issue.

In the FAA reauthorization of 2024, we did put in targeted reforms to strengthen the Aviation Workforce Development Grant.

I appreciate your efforts.

Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) drone operations present numerous operational and economic advantages.

It is up to the Biden administration to bring the parties back to the table to avert this economic catastrophe in September.

With your partnership, we can keep this momentum going, we can deliver good projects for more communities, and we can build and rebuild our transportation systems to meet the 21st, and even 22nd, century needs of Americans.

I urge the Committee to take long overdue action on rail safety so that passengers and communities with rail in their backyards have a level of safety oversight and protection afforded to other modes of transportation.

We must maintain the user pays principle, and find some solutions for putting the Highway Trust Fund on a more sustainable fiscal path.

I remain concerned about the slow pace at which the Department is distributing IIJA funds.

This legislation provides some critical aviation safety enhancements.

Last month, the House approved the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024 by a very strong, bipartisan vote of 387 to 26.

I have no more speakers, and I am prepared to close. I reserve the balance of my time.

I don't have any further speakers, so I am prepared to close. I reserve the balance of my time.

The actual increase of the formula distribution in IIJA was not even enough to fully cover the cost of inflation.

Providing funding for intercity passenger rail projects was one of Congress's major objectives when it enacted CRISI.

Certainty and predictability and clear criteria was always something that was very helpful to us.

I helped create two programs, Reconnecting Communities and Neighborhood Access and Equity, to begin redressing some of these harms.

We are here today to discuss discretionary grant programs at the Department of Transportation (DOT) and to hear firsthand from stakeholders about their experiences with the Department's grant processes.

This represents 30 percent of the total funding provided by the IIJA.