We are also always concerned about the fact whether people are able to travel in and out of our State safely.

Grateful to be able to continue to talk about the transformative impacts of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.

It has, as you all know, been over 1 year since the Norfolk Southern train derailment completely upended the East Palestine community.

It is clear that, through your investigation, additional questions have been raised about the actions of Norfolk Southern.

I am disappointed to see today that the witness table is missing a representative from Norfolk Southern.

We must additionally assure that rail corporations are fully held accountable for their actions that damage innocent communities and their lives.

While I was excited to hear that NTSB was successful in finding the root cause of this disastrous derailment, I was particularly disturbed with the contents of Chairwoman Homendy's closing remarks.

I have signed that letter with my colleague, Nikema Williams from Georgia, who is also very interested in making sure that we are holding corporate actors accountable.

In 2007, 16 years ago, Congress directed that a national tire fuel efficiency consumer information program be established to educate consumers about the safety, durability and fuel efficiency of replacement tires.

And we had a similar investment in the district with $4 million going to SARTA for the zero-emissions buses, which, again, is very exciting.

We just last Friday brought the first EV charger that was funded by the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Program online.