Peter DeFazio: “This program has to continue for the people that this directly affects and the stress and strain that they are under…”

But I am proud of the work of this committee, and this Congress as a whole, these last two years--to defeat that sense of inertia and deliver for the American people.

The Payroll Support Program worked, full stop.

I also want to thank Chairman DeFazio in particular for his work in shaping this legislation.

And if the Federal--we haven't adjusted the Federal gas tax--I was here when we did it, 1993.