"I am deeply concerned about the fate of human rights and democracy in Central America."
"They have literally put their lives on the line for peace, but they can't succeed without the full engagement of the Colombian government."
"Lack of progress and even setbacks to reducing illegal crops comes less from copa sino farmers than the lack of political will by the civilian and military authorities."
"These rural communities need to be able to count on democratic governance, financing for alternative livelihood, rule of law, schools and health clinics, and the protection of their local social leade..."
"I must note several gross inadequacies in the budget, including a $374.5 million decrease for Northeast Corridor grants to Amtrak."
"Neglecting to advance the Hudson Tunnel project is a political decision that endangers the safety of travelers who pass through the tunnel every day."
"We need to increase the capacity."
"I want to quickly echo Chairman Lowey's concerns about the capital investment grants, and note that I am also glad to see the funding for the program in your request."
"Boston is ranked eighth most vulnerable to floods among the world's coastal city."
"Entire neighborhoods in my district could be under water, including Logan Airport."
"This committee provided a million dollars in fiscal year 20 appropriations for the department to work with transportation research board on effective ways to measure the resilience of the transportati..."
"I cannot imagine the compassion that you talked about earlier in dealing with drug addicts. I cannot imagine where the compassion would come from where we would write a rule that would put 55,000 chil..."