I ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Booker). Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

to hear also from the Deputy Secretary on the implication of Russia's military intervention in the Ukraine.

I agree with my colleague, Senator Warren, that, you know, the patch-up system that we have of trying to fund this process makes for poor public policy.

It is key to the economic viability of this country that we have good public transportation that works.

I think it was a transformational bill that created a new safety and reliability framework for our Nation's transit riders.

While this was planned, obviously, well before the current state of events, understanding the challenges of your schedule, we appreciate your still being here today with us.

Well, it seems to me that if you can have the very guts of the system be in a State that can actually make billions of rider trips, particularly in places like the northeast, but other places in the country, then you can achieve the type…

It is critical that we make these investments.

the patch-up system that we have of trying to fund this process makes for poor public policy, it makes for poor planning decisions, and makes for a poor transit system at the end of the day.

If we are to be competitive, we need to be invested in our infrastructure.

parliamentary inquiry. I understand the Republican side yielded back their time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator is correct. The time in opposition is yielded back.

That is a proposal that would impose a significant and, from my perspective, unfair tax increase on millions of families in my home State of New Jersey and across a number of high-cost States in the country.