These essential workers delivered for our nation.

Reflecting the 'Oregon Way'--the idea that solutions should benefit the common good--the Chairman has championed improving infrastructure and transportation for communities.

The Payroll Support Program worked, full stop.

We want to commend Chair DeFazio and the Committee for their leadership in putting climate change, transportation equity, and neighborhood access at the forefront of congressional action.

Chair DeFazio has always held this important value that when it comes to the transportation of people, safety must always come first, and that includes protecting people from sexual harassment and assault.

Dr. Adam Hersh estimates that the IIJA's additional infrastructure spending will support--pretty precise here--772,400 jobs.

Thirty-six States, including red States, have raised gas taxes, registration fees, and every other damn thing, and they need a partner.

Thanks to the IIJA, this is the most exciting time in the history of Amtrak.

We have 42,966 bridges on the National Highway System in need of substantial repair or replacement.

We urge your member carriers to refrain from initiating stock buybacks when the prohibition ends on September 30, 2022.

Surface transportation is the largest single contributor of greenhouse gases in the United States, and we need to begin to meaningfully address those.

And when you testified, there were leaked documents from the EPA saying between 18 and 71 percent would be impaired, and roughly 50 percent of all wetlands would be jeopardized.

I would like for all the waters of the U.S. to not be impaired.

Now, I agree with the ranking member when he says he wants it to be more effective. I do, too.

So much of our society is dependent upon clean water: fishable, swimmable, drinkable, farmable.

I think there was unanimity among the witnesses that the Clean Water Act is very important, wastewater infrastructure is very important, and those are great points.

I appreciate the little bit of whitewashing. I assume the firm you work for knows your history...

Ensuring that Americans have access to clean water is not a political game--our health and livelihoods depend on it.

But I do want to just hark back to the threats. And the threats come because of litigation over the Trump 'dirty water rule,' and a conflicted Supreme Court decision from many years ago, two different decisions.

He would be categorically exempt.

Clean water is a basic human need and a human right.

We must be vigilant to ensure that critical investments are targeted to address historically overlooked communities and regions.

If the Act is to remain relevant and be successful for another 50 years, we must continue to fund its vital programs and enforce the law.

Thanks to bipartisan efforts over decades to implement the Clean Water Act, our rivers and lakes are cleaner and safer.

Let's get back to those days. Let's do what the American people really want.