Let's give them the freedom to save the city.

I am certain that boaters upstream will accept a minor inconvenience if that is the price they pay for saving Nashville in an extraordinary event.

You can solve my problem with no money and three words: 'flood control storage.'

I am begging for your help, because all I need are three words. I don't need any money. I just need permission for the Army Corps of Engineers to operate the three existing dams that are above Nashville.

Black voters and many non-black voters are in a worse place now than they were in the Voting Rights Act was passed in 1965.

There must be ways to force railroads to work with U.S. taxpayers.

It's frustrating and dangerous.

That kind of thinking gives freight rail a bad name.

the purpose of this hearing today is just to watch over taxpayer dollars because we have an obligation as stewards of taxpayer money to make sure that it is properly spent.

so in rough figures, due to the defect of a component that costs less than $100, taxpayers will face extra charges on the order of close to a billion dollars?

there are no sacred cows, so we need to make sure that 18-month, 2-year delays, cost overruns, can be better understood so they can be avoided in the future.

I think most Americans think that we can have secure borders and humane borders.

They cannot understand a country that is so cold and heartless to have policies like this.

I would first like to add my congratulations to our colleague, Ms. Pressley, for the historic nature of this hearing.

I wish attendance were better because every one of my colleagues needs to hear your testimony.

I hope at some point this committee will stop its relentless political attacks on the Administration and actually focus on something that makes a real difference in the lives of our constituents.

We could have had a real discussion about how to make healthcare more competitive, more transparent, more cost effective, and with better quality of care.

In the business world there is bank security. There are things like guarantees, warranties, money-back refunds.

But you understand the different standard at work here. The billionaire founders of these companies, who should be rewarded for their amazing creativity, they don't keep their money in a bank that uses its best efforts to protect their…

I am from a small state. There was a Twitter account that had 150,000 followers. It was listed early in the Mueller report. The account was called Tennessee--GOP. It was a Russian bot.

I am concerned because my state, Tennessee, has voting systems in most of our counties that have been judged some of the most vulnerable in the country.

Well, being on top of the situation can mean various things, but presumably it would mean that websites would remain open during an election and not be shut down by a foreign potential adversary.

the 2020 election is, quote, 'the big game' for foreign adversaries looking to undermine our democracy.

the 2020 election is, quote, "the big game" for foreign adversaries looking to undermine our democracy.

Well, I know we are great and strong, but we also want to be unhackable.