"The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, or BIL, is delivering tangible results for communities all across the country."
"This Committee is now working together on solving local water resources challenges and creating economic opportunity for the people we represent."
"Hon. Rick Larsen, a Representative in Congress from the State of Washington, and Ranking Member, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, opening statement."
"In the Pacific Northwest and across the entire country, businesses and communities understand the critical importance of ports, harbors, and inland waterways to keeping goods that we rely on moving."
"Our ferry programs are critical to coastal communities. And the new programs that were created in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law really funded around the low-emitting electric ferry will really hel..."
"Thank you, Chair Rouzer, for holding a second hearing on the development of the Water Resources Development Act, or WRDA."
"Today's hearing is another opportunity to highlight how federal infrastructure dollars are benefiting communities and building a cleaner, greener, safer and more accessible transportation system."
"Thank you, Mr. Chair. And I want to thank the chair and ranking member for having this hearing today."
"Congress provided $530 billion in the BIL for roads, bridges, transit, buses, ferries, and other infrastructure needs."
"I applaud the Department's efforts to date on this front and the steps taken to address the unacceptably high rate of deaths."
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