Any accident is one too many, so improving safety has always been a focus for us.

Mr. President, I rise today in opposition to the Congressional Review Act measure, which would allow discrimination against title X family planning providers, which in turn could roll back access to family planning and preventive health…

I would rather for my children and future generations that we assume--I mean, that we are responsible today and start passing the reforms.

The idea of threatening of default all the time as if, and which is, by the way, the conversation in 2011 was one where there was no way to actually use extraordinary measures.

I am truly hopeful that the threat of these kinds of consequences will help ensure that Senators from both sides of the aisle can come together and work out a clean budget deal without any poison pills.

TIGER grants were completely eviscerated, and that's in the absence of anything coming forward from the White House.

Our economy doesn't move if we don't have a strong transportation infrastructure. We can't lead the world without it.

I am very concerned that when we see a budget that eviscerates something that most people in Congress agree has been important for critical projects that keep our economy going, that we don't throw one thing out before we have a good idea…

Elimination of this program would have a devastating economic impact on rural communities that these airports serve.

I am also concerned that government shutdowns can have much of the same effect.

Well, thank you very much. I thank the Chair for your indulgence. And I'll just encourage you to be an advocate for strong transportation within the administration.