The strong bipartisan support that exists for a surface transportation reauthorization bill... should not extend to a multi-trillion dollar package...

It is also about more than just building our infrastructure. This bill can facilitate a recovery from the pandemic that has devastated our communities and wreaked havoc on our communities and our economy.

One size fits all doesn't work for Denver, it won't work for Maryland, it might not work for West Virginia, and so the flexibility built into the program is really critical.

I think I have a good leg to stand on in this, because I live there, have seen it.

I think those are examples of where you are creating jobs and getting an environmental outcome at the same time.

Let's not--I will make a deal with you.

If we disenfranchise a lot of the power sources that we can make cleaner in the process, I am talking natural gas and coal, that now provides our baseline fuel, I mean our baseline power here in this country, we are going to stick the plug…

I would hope that the transparency pledge would follow through on that, if you reach decisions, who is making that decision and how it was determined.

I think that is very aspirational. I saw where the President said he wants all thorough vehicles to be electric.

Thank you again for your service to this Committee. I know you will do great work over on Energy.

In West Virginia we say coal keeps the lights on, which it does, but it also powers a lot of vehicles, and it employs a lot of people.