Cory Booker

I am happy to hear Ed Rendell and Bernie Sanders in agreement. That is a wonderful day.

If truck fatalities are increasing, why is there an attempt to roll back sleep regulations and increase the size of trucks?

We know there is a strong correlation, as you admitted in your testimony that these are truck driver mistakes.

if you and I are in agreement with the fact that in one workweek to get 80 hours endangers people on highways, we should find a way to prevent that.

the President's proposal... seems to be an anemic, paltry, inadequate sum to meet the needs.

So let's put, again, the restart rule aside for a second. You and I, then, both agree that a driver who is driving 80-plus hours a week... is more prone to accidents.

So, in other words, the number is probably closer to what Bernie Sanders is putting forth, when he called for $1 trillion over 5 years. Would that be correct?

There is about a $3 trillion deficit, infrastructure deficit, in America.

The cost of these accidents is being borne by my state.

In God we trust, but, everybody else, bring me data.

No question that he is more in the right, as far as meeting our needs, fueling our economy, improving job creation, and, frankly, getting a return for taxpayers that more than meets that investment.

The evidence from the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is that truck accidents are going up in a startling and unfortunate way between 2009 and 2012.

delays in adequately funding our infrastructure actually cost the taxpayer more money.

this is a fantastic and very important hearing that we are having.

I want to say that amendment No. 155 is a very important amendment. It is common sense. It is practical. The National Environmental Policy Act, NEPA as it is known, is one of the most emulated statutes in the world. It is something that…

I am wondering, in just the idea of the role of government, what could we be doing to either incentivize or mandate levels of hygiene?

But I just want to then to the perverse business incentives and the idea that you provide some kind of full liability or when it comes to information sharing with the government, are we creating an environment where we are going to promote…

I ask unanimous consent that reading of the amendment be dispensed with. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To allow permitting agencies to consider new circumstances and new…

the degree and nature of the attacks are startling and stunning.

First of all, I want to say how good it is to see the Presiding Officer, and also recognize that he is a member of the nascent Cory caucus, and I respect that quite a bit. Amendment No. 155 to Amendment No. 2 Mr. President, I ask unanimous…

I am grateful that Senator Boxer will yield for a question. This is a question I have of Senator Boxer, and I wish to get her feedback because of her years of experience, her wisdom, and her depth of understanding on this issue. I think…

there is a regulatory regime in place to enforce the law right now to make sure that there is more broadband penetration

Don't destroy the open Internet.

the only way you could regulate the bad behavior is by making them common carriers under Title II.

We believe that preserving the open Internet is one of the fundamental civil rights issues of our time.