"current levels of infrastructure investment in this country are not enough to respond to these threats."
"extreme weather events are expected to increasingly disrupt our Nation's energy and transportation systems."
"We absolutely need to understand that these are children we are talking about, children and babies that we are talking about."
"We need to send a message that we must take action."
"We really need to take this seriously."
"It is going to cost up to $3.9 trillion, close to $4 trillion to repair and replace it."
"we absolutely need the workforce because when we are doing all this work, we have to have the people with the skills out there to actually put it into place."
"Thank you, Dr. Fauci, for reminding us that we can get flu in elevators, which we ride in all the time in this building."
"I am a cosponsor of my Oregon colleague Representative Blumenauer's bill to declare a national climate emergency."
"I have heard from many people across Oregon who have told me that Registered Apprenticeships have changed their lives for the past several years."
"I am extremely concerned about reports showing that the department of Labor disregarded congressional intent when spending these dollars."
"This suggests that the department knowingly violated the purpose statue which requires that agencies apply appropriations only to the purposes for which they were made."