David Price

What kind of authorities are located in this position and how does it operate up and down the line?

You will have questions for the record probably from a number of our members.

Survivors of natural disasters need assistance and support, not rhetoric about how messed up their government is, not politics, not bureaucracy.

We simply must do better.

We must also make forward-looking investments in new services across all modes, including projects that expand inner city passenger rail.

I think we do need some clarification. I would still like to see that organizational chart.

Stable housing is a basic human need and the foundation upon which people build their lives.

We are hopeful that we will meet this statutory deadline, but there is a broader problem that we need to address.

If we don't make the necessary investments in the gateway program today, our Nation's greatest economy and security will suffer.

I believe that it is quite practical.

We will of course monitor this very, very carefully, and want to work with you to make certain these decisions are responsible.

Your perception is absolutely right, that this subcommittee puts great stock in this.

I don't see the increase in tenant-based rental assistance that that would require.

It is insanity that we would continue to push against what Congress has already been very, very clear about, that we do not support those cuts.

So you are giving me that commitment today?

I think there are two aspects of this if I may break it down this way.

It is imperative that you complete work, of course, on the 2019 awards, because we have to move forward with the 2020 awards.

I appreciate that the DOT has initiated the six grant cycles, you know, over these 10 programs.

I urge the Department to reverse course when it comes to the cruel and misguided attempts to block assistance to families with mixed immigration status.

I personally put great stock in the CRISI program.

For the past 3 years, in partnership with my friend Mr. Diaz-Balart, we have appropriated nearly $16 billion above authorized levels for highway, transit, rail, aviation, and maritime infrastructure programs.

the considered judgment of the Congress in writing the Military Construction appropriations bill is also about national security.

There should be a heavy, heavy burden of proof on imposing or maintaining this sort of ban.

This is totally, totally unprecedented.

A shared responsibility that we need to figure out how to assert sooner rather than later.