"I see the EV infrastructure being invested in early as something that enables our companies, our manufacturers to go where they want to go."
"I am extremely disappointed that we have not been able to reach the same consensus we have had in years past, and the importance of bipartisanship has been seemingly forgotten."
"It is clear that this legislation is a partisan wish list."
"Unfortunately, this bill does not do that at all but instead throws money thoughtlessly at every problem in hopes that it will be fixed."
"The issues before us today should not be partisan. They impact Americans in each of our districts, regardless of their political party, and we owe it to them to work together on their behalf."
"opening statement"
"In my home State of Ohio, the Department of Education is reporting significant areas of learning lag."
"Because of the concerns, I introduced the TREAT Act, along with my good friend and colleague, the gentlelady from Michigan, Mrs. Dingell."
"Well, I thank the chair, my friend, for holding this very important hearing today and for allowing me to waive onto the subcommittee."
"I find it hard to believe, Chairman Doyle, that you would consider legislating in this space."
"The antidote to bad speech is more speech. Rather than suppressing speech and viewpoints that we don't agree with, we should be encouraging more speech and conversations between one another."