"We live in an increasingly global economy where more than 95 percent of consumers live outside our borders."
"The Investment and Infrastructure Jobs Act, $567 billion investment, will help just do that."
"I want to discuss an issue that is of serious concern--our growing affordable housing crisis and the need to build millions more housing units in Washington State and nationwide."
"I just want to get a commitment from both of you that as it relates to the bill Senator Wicker and I worked on together, the Aircraft Certification and Safety Accountability Act, which strengthens the..."
"It's critical that we address this congestion issue."
"We should be making--this is a major priority for the Nation and certainly we're going to work with you, Senator."
"The Yakima Basin Integrated Plan is the model for the West."
"I believe is, definitely, that the national labs should, in the American Competes Act--or as some now are calling it, USICA--gets it's fair share of R&D dollars for the future."
"I mean, this seems to be the new thing is to, let's see how much intimidation we can drive through infiltrating power plants or pipelines, things of that nature."
"I am a whole-hearted believer in this, and we have changed the EPSCoR program to work more effectively in the USICA Act because of this."
"There is not an issue of national security or, you know, competitiveness that does not come back to the material science aspect."