I think there are opportunities to be able to deal meaningfully with the deficit in ways that can actually bring people together rather than divide them.

I was taken by my colleague from Virginia's point that there is not a single line in this budget that speaks to a specific cut that the Republicans have advanced.

We are forcing American consumers to pay the highest drug prices in the world, assuming that this filters out in terms of innovation.

This loophole is swallowing the exception in ways that are really detrimental to American business and the safety of American consumers.

I include in the Record a statement from the League of Conservation Voters, Natural Resources Defense Council, Sierra Club, Climate Action Campaign, Environmental Law and Policy Center, Clean Energy for America, Chesapeake Climate Action…

I appreciate my colleagues' newfound concern for the environment and for the industry. Mr. Speaker, I include in the Record correspondence from the solar industry in the United States opposing their resolution and supporting our position…

I include in the Record a statement from the carpenters union and operating engineers union, who oppose legislation that eliminates thousands of jobs; the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers; and LIUNA. IUOE Contact: Jeff Soth…

I include in the Record a statement from the National Taxpayers Union opposing the proposal from our Republican friends to raise tariffs on solar goods. [From National Taxpayers Union, Apr. 25, 2023] NTU Urges All Representatives To Vote…

Thank you for taking what is arguably the most thankless job in America.

I appreciate what you are talking about, being able to equip the IRS to meet the challenge.

I listened carefully to the chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, and there are some shared goals here: Ending welfare for the wealthy and helping people realize the dignity of work. There are ways we can come together to do that, but…

I urge the Committee to engage in a robust discussion about long-term investment in our aviation system.

I have referenced and have put forward legislation on the de minimis loophole, where they are now importing directly over two million packages a day that escape any meaningful detection.

Creating sustainable funding streams for airport infrastructure projects must be a priority in this FAA Reauthorization.

I have introduced a bill to increase the Passenger Facility Charge to align with inflation.

We led efforts to pass forceful legislation in the trade title in the America COMPETES Act that helped workers and firms who have been displaced by offshoring to China.

I urge the Committee to expand AIP eligibility in FAA reauthorization to allow airports to tackle big projects without additional PFC funds.

I urge the Committee to include language in FAA reauthorization that mirrors what was in a previous bill.

I was one of those people that took the Chinese representations at face value, voted to get them into the WTO.

Watching now, 20 years later, they are doing this dual track, playing the developing country when it suits their purposes.

I hope we can all agree that now is the time to move from rhetoric to action.

Air travel is in flux right now. After two years where many of us often felt like the only person on a plane, airports are humming again.

I welcome any of my colleagues to run with those suggestions, but I would rather sort of think about this notion of tough decisions.

We don't have to continue paying twice as much for health care that on an international scale is mediocre.

There are things that we ought to be able to focus on and agree upon.