Jack Reed

Let us get back to the best economy of my lifetime.

Public transit will help restore and grow our economy as we emerge from the pandemic. Good transit attracts good jobs.

We know who gets hurt the most when transit isn't a reliable option--it's the Black and Brown neighborhoods who have been historically cut off from job centers, it's the women working at essential jobs, it's rural areas where walking isn't…

Public transportation helps people get to work and school and to doctors' appointments and the grocery store, and spend less of their time and hard-earned money commuting.

This is an incredibly important hearing on transit because it is an issue that has not received the attention it should have over many years.

So this in a way would increase demand and resources to the agency, so by investing in more frequent service, we will get a return on more passengers, and that seems to be a logical sort of approach to trying to help our agencies.

Last year, working with my colleague Senator Susan Collins from Maine, we were able to add additional $125 million to the Low-No program, bringing it up to about $180 million.

I hope to work with Ranking Member Toomey and all of the Members of our Committee to advance a surface transportation bill and tackle other infrastructure investment we need to create economic growth, in all communities.

Thank you, Madam Chairman, very much, and thank the panel for their interesting and thoughtful presentations this morning.

The Inspector General is calling for a cultural change toward anticipating and preventing future attacks.

We are all interested in getting everyone back to work.

Could I have your commitment that you will evaluate payment for order flow and regulated practices?

I am absolutely committed to making sure we are monitoring those markets and reporting to Congress on those trends.

The CHIPS Act is a very good first step but it is not enough.

One of the best forms of PPE is safe, affordable housing.

I think that is one of the major task you should face.

Recently, we witnessed the greatest cyber intrusion in the history, I think, perhaps of the world--by the Russians.

I encourage my colleagues to always search their conscience and their souls. I respect my Republican colleagues and my Democratic colleagues, but today, let us pause and remember what happened here today. Let us pause that our tenure in…

Let me commend the chairman. I don't think we would be here without Chairman Inhofe's leadership. I have never seen anyone work so diligently and so constructively. We want to thank the staff. They do a remarkable amount of work. Also, we…

At this time, I have no other speakers seeking time, so I reserve the balance of my time.

Last evening, the president once again disparaged the importance of wearing face masks. Is the president providing appropriate leadership when it comes to this critical issue?

This is a meritorious issue, obviously, involving veterans. But at this late juncture, after the weeks we have spent in deliberation both in the committee and then on the floor, it is not yet--this particular amendment--ready so that there…

I came down this morning, after hearing Father Conroy give his opening speech, to address this House and to address this Nation today in these hallowed Halls to send the message that today is not a day to engage in partisan politics. As a…

In closing, I would just echo as we started. I thank my colleague from California (Ms. Judy Chu) for her efforts on this issue. I thank our chairman, Mr. Neal, who has artfully indicated his words on the Record in regard to this issue…

Well, I think the attorney general was completely off base in characterizing an FBI counterintelligence investigation as spying. He knows enough not to use those kind of high voltage terminology.