"opening statement"
"The LIFT America Act is a transformational investment in the future of our Nation."
"For far too many Americans, broadband is unavailable, too slow, or too expensive."
"But it seems to me if we are going to keep building networks that are already antiquated by the time we put them in the ground, we are just setting up people and the networks being built for failure."
"I just find it amazing that my colleagues on the other side of the aisle seem to be telling their rural constituents that any kind of broadband is better than no broadband at all."
"The principle reason--Pew Research went out and did a study, and they found the principle reason was price."
"EPA must be able to retain the expertise it has while also attracting the best of the rising generation, those who will commit their careers to the Agency and its mission."
"I am encouraged, however, that President Biden's nominee for EPA Administrator, Michael Regan, has the experience and the expertise and credibility to restore people's faith in the EPA."
"The first order of business for the new leadership at the EPA is to reestablish a commitment to sound science as an integral and indispensable part of policymaking."
"Climate change has become a political football, and that's wrong."
"When truth becomes a commodity to be traded upon for profit, and facts and consequences don't matter to those who report them, our democracy is undermined."