Matt Cartwright

Millions of people in my district depend on that watershed.

What a delight it is for us to have you at the helm of Interior. You are carrying on a proud family legacy of public service.

Last year, I introduced the bipartisan Native Plant Species Pilot Program Act, and it combats invasive species by establishing a pilot program to promote and increase the use of native plants within the National Park Service.

I have fought hard to secure as much Federal money as possible to help offset this local burden.

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. I rise in support of this omnibus bill, in particular, the Commerce- Justice-Science title of the bill. In commerce it makes smart investments that create good-paying American jobs with economic…

The America Competes Act is something that will spur American manufacturing. It will protect our supply chains. It will create a lot of manufacturing jobs in this country.

The big deal is the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act that we passed, you know, something that is a really big deal for America.

America's economy is coming back. I mean, with 4 percent unemployment, you know, that's the lowest it's been in almost two generations.

I thank Representative Paul Tonko from the 20th District of New York for his insights and also for helping me introduce our next speaker, the dynamic Representative Ross from the Second District of North Carolina, where innovation is…

It is a victory for America that we will treasure and favor for many years to come.

And I like the point about how shutting down for the pandemic, it kind of taught us a lot of things about our own economy, about the pockets of, for example, the gig workers nobody was thinking about at the outset; we had to include them…

Well now, of course, the press has noted with interest that it took us weeks and months to sort out all the details and finally get it to the White House for signature. Here is my question: Contrast those weeks and months with how long…

You also mentioned competition, and Congressman Boyle brought that up. And you also mentioned how much is going into broadband internet availability in Rhode Island. How does that affect competition and the ability of Rhode Islanders to…

It is a sad question, I have to say, because we call it the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, but the truth is, despite their best efforts to claim credit in local news across the country, 206 House Republicans voted…

You mentioned being number one and competing. What are you talking about, being number one, on what list? And who do we have to compete with?

To honor the memory of a 104-year-old hero of World War II and a survivor of the infamous Bataan Death March, I yield to the gentleman from South Carolina (Mr. Duncan). Moment of Silence Honoring Brigadier General Ben Skardon

It is true, isn't it, that the Build Back Better Act and the bricks and mortar infrastructure act, they work together, they dovetail to achieve the visions you are talking about?

The gentleman was discussing the necklace of communities that followed the Erie Canal. Earlier on this evening I was talking about how Amtrak assessed that restoring passenger rail in northeastern Pennsylvania would result in about $87…

I request a colloquy with the gentleman from New York. Is the gentleman trained as an engineer?

I want to go back on the question of infrastructure for a moment. Madam Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from New York (Mr. Higgins), our colleague from Buffalo.

We are talking about the top marginal tax rate, which is in the 30s right now. Am I correct in that?

Ninety-one percent under the Republican Eisenhower administration during the 1950s. And what happened to that 91 percent, if the gentleman knows?

I have been listening to our colleagues across the aisle complaining about so-called socialist tax increases that we have in store. Does the gentleman know what the top marginal tax rate under the Eisenhower administration was?

When you asked her, Secretary Yellen, about what would happen if we turned our back on our national debt, defaulted on our promises, just went back on our promise to pay, when you asked her that, did she talk about what could happen to the…

Sure. That is really the big question here tonight. Before I get to that, I want to commend my colleague from Pennsylvania for that excellent and well-thought-out legislation. If I can, I want to ask Congressman Boyle a question. Your…