Watson Coleman: “Let me tell you what I understood happened: that you froze the new grant activities for support services for bilingual…”

A total of $185 million in grants were awarded to 45 projects across the country to help reconnect these communities that are cut off from opportunity and burdened by past transportation infrastructure decision.

We ought to be willing to listen to those things and to incorporate those considerations as we move forward.

We agree that these employees are entitled to greater protections, greater dignity and respect for the work that they do.

I strongly support this legislation. I co-sponsored it last Congress and look forward to having an opportunity to move it forward this Congress.