"The Federal Government has been missing in action. They rely on us to do our part, not to do it all for them."
"I look forward to being your partner on the Ways and Means Committee to invest in infrastructure."
"We need to have a dedicated water infrastructure trust fund."
"We need to accelerate the transition to a sustainable program of road user charges over the course of the next 12 years."
"We need to develop a forward-thinking infrastructure bill--and I know that you are working on that--that continues the expansion of the Surface Transportation System Funding Alternatives program at th..."
"We must fix the destructive provision in the recent tax bill that damages commuter tax benefits, that commuters, businesses, churches, and nonprofits have relied on for decades."
"You have a unique opportunity to be at the center of a meaningful, fully funded transportation package and a forward-thinking surface transportation reauthorization that looks at the full range of tra..."
"I applaud you, Mr. Chairman, for your untiring effort to focus on this funding crisis and the opportunities that will be afforded if we meet it, and I look forward to working with you so we do."
"One of the great tragedies of our time is the failure to adequately address the needs of veterans returning home from Iraq and Afghanistan."
"We are doing something wrong."
"This is a time when an overwhelming number of veterans tell me that cannabis has reduced PTSD symptoms, their dependency on addictive opioids."
"I hope we can explode some of the cartoon arguments about tax policy."