"I would like to echo the sentiments of some of the others on this committee and say how relieved and reassured we are to have you in this position, especially after the parade of incompetents who have been before this committee over the last 4 years."
"Folks from there, and Honduras especially, are concerned because they are just on hold."
"It is harder and harder for us to maybe set the example for how elections should run."
"The past 14 months have been overwhelming. Families across this country are struggling to make ends meet."
"I am a big fan of the project Brightline West. I have been working to try to get some kind of speed train, passenger train service between here and Los Angeles for many years."
"I just think it is almost ridiculous to have a Blue Ribbon Panel to look at the personnel system when you don't have any representation from labor."
"Pay is their No. 1 issue. I am listening to them every single day, and so many of them barely make ends meet because of that."
"Had we had a union presence that was really talking about, you know, how we can make a safer workplace..."
"Unions help people get in the middle class and stay in the middle class."
"I believe the EDA can play a vital role in helping diversify the economies in places like Las Vegas, that have been so dependent on travel and tourism, so we can better manage the next pandemic."
"I think flexibility is important, and I have been getting questions about the confusion: can it be used to promote, or advertise, or build infrastructure?"