mr. derrick. i have three quick questions i need you to speak about. this government finds money to give to the immigrants that are crossing the border? and we still here, in this country -- i am a product of slavery, family who was enslaved. why is the hr 40 bill still sitting on the table? why are we, as black people in thisblack votes away, and we get absolutely nothing to catch up the economics in this country? thank you so much, sir. please speak on that. guest: thank you for the question. first of all, we should look at what is the priority of this nation and its spending. quite frankly, we give more money away to foreign nations than we do to try to■ ensure tht we re-tool the workforce for the future. status for everyone. secondly, we should never fall into the lowest common denominator of why o that them and not us when there is more at the table for everyone. we give more corporate tax breaks than we do to any single community. that is unfortunate. we watch as company after company benefit from a re than their fair share in taxes, only for tho

mr. derrick. i have three quick questions i need you to speak about.ow is it that this government finds money to give to the immigrants that are crossing the border? and we still here, in this country -- i am a product of slavery, family who was enslaved. why is the hr 40 bill still sitting on the table? why are we as black people in this country, constantly giving our black votes away, and we get absolutely nothing to catch up the economics in this country? thank you so much, sir. please speak on that. guest: thank you for the question. first of all, we should look at what is the priority of this nation and its spending. quite frankly, we give more money away to foreign nations than we d ensure that we re-tool the workforce for the future. status for everyone. secondly we should never fall into the lowest common denominator of why is that them and not us when there is more at the table for everyone. we give more corporate tax breaks than we do to any single community. that is unfortunate. we watch as company after company benefit from american citizen

to lead in this regard as a derrick and will see not only climate benefits but it benefit entrance of those deaths from particulate matter that i mentioned. >> thank you mr secretary. and just to close with an invitation to my district in humboldt county where you awarded $426 million infra grant to modernize a port that will support the offshore wind floating offshore wind industry. we would love to show you that incredible project. it certainly puts the light of the notion this administration has a built nothing average ended up with that i give expert the judgment just. recognize mr. collins for five minutes. >> thank you, madam chair. good afternoon, mr. secretary. i cannot want to take a tour of the transportation industry here for my fibers but i think everybody is focused on evs so we will start in that direction for. >> that the 400 plus billion dollars backlog in highway repair right now. we've got congested interstate and a lot of that is not due to road maintenance or accidents. it's just congestion. we don't even have a diesel engine that will be 2027 certifications. there is a clear push to evs on class a tractors from this administration. t

to lead in this regard as a derrick and will see not only climate benefits but it benefit entrance of those deaths from particulate matter that i mentioned. >> thank you mr secretary. and just to close with an invitation to my district in humboldt county where you awarded $426 million infra grant to modernize a port that will support the offshore wind floating offshore wind industry. we would love to show you that incredible project. it certainly puts the light of the notion this administration has a built nothing average ended up with that i give expert the judgment just. recognize mr. collins for five minutes. >> thank you, madam chair. good afternoon, mr. secretary. i cannot want to take a tour of the transportation industry here for my fibers but i think everybody is focused on evs so we will start in that direction for. >> that the 400 plus billion dollars backlog in highway repair right now. we've got congested interstate and a lot of that is not due to road maintenance or accidents. it's just congestion. we don't even have a diesel engine that will be 2027 certifications. there is a clear push to evs on class a tractors from this administration. t