It requires an investment. But it has a direct impact on the quality of life, obviously, of all Americans.

We are looking forward to getting to a conclusion on a modernized agreement for what is the largest Caribbean market for U.S. travelers.

NYCHA has 360,000 residents, and it has over 177,000 apartments. But they are in dilapidated conditions.

I think that maybe even from the Reagan years forward the Federal Government has become an absentee landlord.

This is the T-HUD Subcommittee. To make a priority out of housing again, I think, is imperative for our Nation.

The cost of flying back home for many of these families is exorbitant.

I also want to stress to my colleagues in the committee that this also provides a social equity component that I think is so important to the communities that we represent.

I want to thank you for your recent compensation program for flights delay and cancel and the dashboard page that you have available for consumers.

We stand committed to working through any of those to make sure that this is delivered now that the funding is in place.

The projection is that a 20-year capital investment need is for $78 billion.

And so we are concerned that the safety of our family members and ourselves, staff, and our constituencies are at stake.

I believe we need greater presence of you there.