Peter DeFazio actually said...

I thank the gentleman, and I share his concern for communities like he grew up in.

I strongly believe that we need an economic opportunity agenda that empowers communities, spurs widely shared economic growth.

We must pass a surface transportation bill before October 1st of this year. We must.

I have led the development of a new bill called the Build Back Better Act, a bill that would establish a new 10-year Federal grant program.