This committee's work, I have no doubt, will save lives and property; and it will restore peace of mind to the communities I'm honored to represent.

Thank you very much. And I want to thank Chairman DeFazio for inviting me to share my thoughts with you as the committee works to reauthorize the surface transportation programs, and to pass President Biden's American Jobs Plan.

I support $55 million in funding for the program, and the creation of a quality assistance program to provide technical assistance, and help designees continue to meet the criteria of the program.

I urge the committee to establish a new grant program that specifically addresses the needs of wastewater infrastructure in financially distressed municipalities.

Investments in high-speed broadband will end the isolation facing millions of Americans, create more jobs, and help strengthen our economy.

I urge the committee to support the bipartisan and bicameral solution to our Nation's infrastructure needs.

This is a problem that can only be solved by increased federal investment.

It seems like the reliance on these false confessions that are produced as a result of deception by law enforcement is a pretty easy thing to fix by simply prohibiting that practice.

One of the other things that I know from my own practice is, when you sit through an arraignment, you see lots of people of color; White folks, when you go to the prison and do your prison visit, it feels like the White folks have all been…

I am really grateful that the committee is gathered to chart the way forward on ending decades-old conflicts and reestablishing congressional authorization as the legal basis for the United States using force abroad.

I think if we are all honest, Congress has benefited from our failure to engage in this work because we have left the difficult decisions to the executive branch.

There is really no good reason... why Authorization for the Use of Military Force granted in 1991... is still in effect.

The costs of blank-check force authorizations enacted decades ago are sobering.

Dreamers are American citizens in every sense of the word. For most, America is the only home they have ever known. Despite what my colleagues on the other side of the aisle argue, Dreamers are not a drain on the country. Dreamers…

The antitrust laws are for the protection of competition, not competitors.

Last year, when I heard at the highest levels of government those people use racist slurs like 'China Virus' to spread xenophobia and cast blame on innocent communities, it was all too familiar.

They decide whether their workers will face exposure to COVID-19, and they decide when their workers can use the bathroom.

I seek unanimous consent to add a number of letters and statements regarding the Committee's work to strengthen the laws to address monopoly power into the record.

You are aware that 48 State Attorneys General, Republicans and Democrats, agreed that this evidence warranted filing an antitrust complaint, correct?

the law is working just fine, but don't the outcomes in these cases say just the opposite?

I think that we all agree, I believe that there is a need to modernize our antitrust laws to create a market that gives everyone a fair shot.

We have got to have laws and a message to the courts that it is important to have robust enforcement...

I would now like to recognize my distinguished colleague, the gentleman from Colorado, Mr. Neguse, to introduce our third Witness.

When there is a dominant firm, I do believe there should be a presumption that acquiring a would-be rival who could threaten that firm's dominance is a violation of the antitrust laws.

Our antitrust laws protect the democratic ideal of fair participation in a free society.