"Mr. Kendall, in this constrained fiscal environment it is always important to ensure there is a focus on competition and innovation where it makes sense."
"I am very honored to have the distinct pleasure of introducing Julissa Reynoso, an extraordinary Latina from my home State of New York."
"It is critical that Congress and the Administration make a strong commitment to ensuring that families across New York and the United States have access to safe and reliable water."
"Well, one of the problems is, there is just too much demand."
"So are there things we should be doing on a national level to make more Federal money available for the more urgent needs around the country?"
"There is still a massive gap between the amount of funding that is needed and the amount that is available to meet the infrastructure needs that we have."
"So what I am really worried about is, if we agree that this need of $70 billion investment over 20 years is legitimate..."
"This is one of the most important issues that this Committee is responsible for, and it is one that affects the lives of virtually every American--across every region of the country."
"New York has substantial water and sewer infrastructure needs. I think the last estimate I saw was about $70 billion of need over the next 20 years."
"New York is just unique. We are an older State; our infrastructure was built between 50 and 100 years ago."
"Our mission here is to pass a strong bill with teeth in it that will make any and all insider trading clearly illegal."