What kind of progress has there been in implementing the following requirements in the Ukrainian Independence from Russia Energy Act?

We need enforceable rules of the road to protect driver privacy and security.

But you should first just decide yes or no, though. That would be helpful.

You know, these new vehicles are computers on wheels. It's absolutely amazing what is happening.

Do you think there should be a mandatory minimum for privacy protection?

Last summer when the Agent Orange Act was coming to expire, 53 of us co-sponsored that and it ended with a whimper without even a floor vote.

But I would suggest to my colleagues here, why were we so willing to give up to the executive branch the authority to make these decisions, and why we gave away our power with the expiration of the Agent Orange Act.

Is it naive of me to think that after 25 years of that and the biennial reviews by the National Academy of Sciences, a meta-analysis of all the research that was out there, did we just do a wonderful job of picking the last two things they…

I think we need to take more of the lead on this. I think we need to make sure, because I think as science moves along, the research possibilities are still out there, and I think we are shutting doors.

It allows us to focus on those places--to have the staffing and the resources in places where we really do need to look deeply into the threat from travelers.

OK. This is a question for everybody--and then I am done.

I think there is an opportunity for us to take a look at the data again, because the data certainly, from my perspective, concludes that the small investor is worse off under the current rule than they would be without the rule.

I would certainly encourage you both to take some time, if you are confirmed, to look deeply into it.

I think it was 97 House Democrats signed a letter with serious concerns about the fiduciary rule.

Thank you for being the contrarian in the room.

Thank you for holding the hearing.

To me, this is negligence bordering on deliberate indifference.

There is no excuse for that. Someone needed to have yelled and screamed and said stop this. People are being poisoned.