how in the world can you say that one dollar in Title 23 funding would qualify somebody for a PAB?

I'm the most conservative on private property rights of anybody on this dais, I promise you being from Western North Carolina.

some of my colleagues, including Congressman Mast, have raised these concerns related to the eligibility of a private sector entity like Brightline to receive Federal assistance.

Would you agree that this does not qualify under number 11 on the statute 26 U.S.C. Code. It is not a high-speed rail project. Is that correct?

the intent of Congress was not for a dollar of Title 23 money to be able to qualify them for a PAB

we must also understand that Congress has a certain intent on how those are to be used

I have a real concern that the intent of Congress is being overwritten with the private activity bond measure here.

I'm all about commerce, and I realize that it is always in somebody's backyard, so I don't know that I have a whole lot of sympathy about it not being in my backyard.

I thank the gentleman from Florida.

I guess this is, what, the 40th anniversary of your authorization, but also the 40th anniversary of civil service initiatives that, quite frankly, sometimes hamper and hurt your ability to get jobs done...

I found the vast majority, in fact, the overwhelming majority of them want to just serve this country and do their job.

If CEOs would only go into their own phone system, they would change it immediately.