"It makes me uncomfortable to go back home and to look at truckers who have just been laid off to say that we had a hearing on autonomous vehicles knowing that they need to be absorbed into another trucking company."
"Can you truly look me in the eye and tell me with any degree of certainty that we are not going to lose jobs, thousands of good-paying jobs in Ohio's 13th Congressional District?"
"I think it is really incumbent upon our leaders to pay attention to when special interests are asking for exceptions from truck size and weights."
"I definitely appreciate hearing this conversation. I felt a little triggered, if you will, talking about rivers on fire and East Palestine."
"Thank you, Ranking Member Napolitano, for convening this hearing today."
"It is especially important in communities like mine in Ohio who continue to struggle with water quality."
"Water is a way of life in Michigan. The district that I represent is part of the Great Lakes watershed..."
"we should be paying our Coast Guard men and women in the event of a Government shutdown"