"It is also an opportunity to continue to modernize the Army Corps of Engineers and ensure equity and justice are centered in the Corps' mission."
"The construction of The Dalles, Bonneville, and other lower Columbia River dams beginning in the 1930s inundated and destroyed villages where Columbia River Tribes lived."
"The Tribes and their citizens have never been fully compensated for these losses."
"We must also work with the Corps to ensure the agency is taking full advantage of existing programs, authorities, and operations to leverage natural systems and prioritize resilience in the face of in..."
"Small businesses in my community and across the country have been saved because of the work that you and this Committee have done."
"But you know well that the work is far from over."
"As primary author of the RESTAURANTS Act, we generated legislation to deal with the fact that the PPP... was ill-suited for restaurants."
"I created the Small Business Administration's Restaurant Revitalization Fund."
"I am testifying before you today about the urgent need to replenish the Restaurant Revitalization Fund to allow all eligible applicants to receive relief."
"The solution to these interrelated crises is not the status quo, as you have put forth so eloquently, Mr. Chairman."
"I was so pleased to see President Biden's American Jobs Plan call for a historic $2.3 trillion investment in upgrading our infrastructure."
"It is the most consequential vision to rebuild and renew America in more than two centuries."