"I also want to thank Chairman DeFazio in particular for his work in shaping this legislation."
"You have changed people's lives. You have better-protected transit workers from the threat of assault at work."
"By improving healthcare affordability, including for seniors, boosting the domestic job market for clean energy, imposing tax fairness on corporations, and creating a more equitable economy, the lives..."
"There is no good reason to sideline the health, safety, and wellbeing of working people in this country."
"We must not find ourselves back at this table in 10 or 30 years asking what went wrong."
"we are pleased that he ends his time in Congress on such a high note."
"It is important that Amtrak continue to receive, in addition to IIJA advance appropriations, annual appropriations at levels that are sufficient to operate all of our existing routes at pre-pandemic s..."
"What is most important, of course, is developing a sustainable, long-term approach to funding intercity passenger rail."
"Thanks to the IIJA, this is the most exciting time in the history of Amtrak."
"Stock buybacks used to be illegal until the Reagan administration. It is the ultimate in self-dealing."
"We urge your member carriers to refrain from initiating stock buybacks when the prohibition ends on September 30, 2022."
"Thirty-six States, including red States, have raised gas taxes, registration fees, and every other damn thing, and they need a partner."