"We simply don't believe that you can ground our economy to a standstill in order to get there."
"I think this idea, this notion of 100 percent clean energy for our transportation network, is a very noble, a noble goal."
"But who are the ones that are the most disproportionately affected by a use tax when we do that? It is those that live in rural America."
"Rather than kick the can down the road again, Congress should work together across the aisle collectively, in a bipartisan way, to find a permanent, sustainable solution for the Highway Trust Fund."
"Congress has a responsibility to provide the states certainty so that they can build and maintain infrastructure that our communities need."
"But do you know what? Under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, those people in Southeast Missouri ... do not have to pay one cent in federal taxes if they make $55,000 or less."
"a family of four with $73,000 of income received a $2,000 tax cut, a 58 percent reduction in federal taxes."
"this type of proposal would not just bust the budget and compound our existing mandatory spending crisis, but it would also diminish the dignity of work."
"the title of today's hearing is 'Solutions to Rising Economic Inequality,' but I am concerned this hearing is focused on the wrong premise."
"So if we want to get serious about inequality, I give you one way that we can start, Mr. Chairman. Let us try to all work together."
"When you are talking about the child, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, it was my provision that helped double the child tax credit, and, sir, it is refundable."