I also am disappointed that the administration is proposing to cut funding for the Maritime Administration by almost thirty nine percent.

We need to be doing much, much more to support our maritime industry, and I hope that Admiral Buzby can provide more ideas than those put forth by the administration's budget request for MARAD.

Logistics here is everything, and if you impede the ability to project power, you are basically impeding the ability to fight and win wars.

This bicameral, bipartisan legislation would ban Federal Transit Administration (FTA) funds from being used to award a contract or subcontract to a Chinese state-owned, controlled, or subsidized enterprise.

You have been proven to be correct about this.

Your goal of a truly U.S. rail manufacturer has my full support.

Yes, you are following the rules. The rules are defective.

They do not and they have not.

I said, 'Well, Larry, is it competition for an American shipyard to compete with the Government of Communist China?'

I think we are seeing a change to great power competition, and I want to commend this committee and the bipartisan approach.

the example of how a foreign manufacturer of system components can be Buy America compliant if the finished product's sub-components equal 70% of the total value of the finished product and the finished product is final assembled and…

We look forward to working with the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee as we continue to look for ways to innovate, enhance and promote investment in rail infrastructure.

Thank you, Chairman DeFazio, Ranking Member Graves, and distinguished committee members.

I have been fighting these sorts of battles for many decades. I opposed every so-called free trade agreement since I have been here.

I have been fighting similar battles for decades. I opposed multiple Free Trade Agreements that failed to protect U.S. manufacturers and American workers.

The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee hearing last Thursday on The Impacts of State Owned Enterprises on Public Transit and Freight Rail Sectors provided Congress an opportunity to continue evaluating how best to balance…

I believe we should pass similar legislation at the Federal level, and I have introduced the Green Bus Act to accomplish that purpose.

I believe that Congress should work to reinstate a program to allow for geographic hiring preferences and geographic preference for contractors

China's strategy fits very neatly into their Made in China by 2025 plan to become the world manufacturing power in 10 years.

If the United States, through the work of Congress and the Trump Administration, can mitigate Chinese SOE anti-competitive advantages...

it is the duty of Congress to enact policies that result in a favorable market impact and to prevent the destruction of the competitive landscape for rolling stock manufacturing.

I opposed China's ascension into the WTO under Clinton's premise that if we put them in the WTO, they would follow the rules.

I am determined. I got us to move to 70 percent American content.

We need to stop their incursion into freight rail especially, and I think we have.

derailment of a chlorine vehicle, railcar, is potentially absolutely catastrophic.