Kathleen Rice: “This is discussion that has been long overdue I think in American discourse.”

We all agree that we have to put more money into this program across the board.

I think what we are--the subject matter of today's hearing brings me to that--again to that issue of how we get people around safely and efficiently.

The CAROL Act is named in honor of Carol Leavell Barr, the wife of Rep. Andy Barr, who died last year of sudden cardiac arrest.

This tragedy hit home for one of our former colleagues, former Congressman Rick Nolan, who lost his daughter Katherine to lung cancer even though she did not smoke.