I'm hopeful after this--we do have this group of bills that we're putting forward that really are going to make a difference here.

We are looking for really smart, really good people. And I don't necessarily care which piece of paper they have.

Without increased investments in LIHTC, housing costs and shortages will continue to increase.

Nobody on the committee should think that I am telling them what to do, and it has been a while, but it is a fascinating operation over there.

I will sure as hell vote for anything which deconflicts committee hearings.

I introduced the bipartisan One Stop Shop for Small Business Licensing Act with Senator Capito.

I want to say that I am proud of the votes that I took to deliver for the American people during the hardest days of the pandemic.

If we fail to build climate resiliency in the Pacific Islands, key locations like the Kwajalein Atoll that has critical missile defense capabilities, we are going to be at risk of being able to perform our warfighting missions. Full stop.

The chair wishes to extend its thanks to Congresswoman Wexton for her help on that.

I think we probably need to update it and keep it rolling as technologies keep improving.

The availability of affordable housing is key to economic growth for any community.

It's like lasagna. You've got to pull all these different pieces together to make it work, and each time it's going to come out maybe a little bit differently.

If rents are too high near places of employment, low-income workers often must move further away.

The bipartisan AHCIA would not only increase affordable housing supply by over 2 million affordable rental homes.

passage of which is the single most important thing Congress could do to address the severe imbalance between supply and demand for affordable rental housing.

Right now in Nevada, if you are making minimum wage, you have to work 75 hours a week just to be able to afford housing.

I want to thank committee member Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) for introducing the Affordable Housing Bond Enhancement Act (AHBEA) in the last Congress.

Our overarching focus is using our tools to bring inflation back down to our 2 percent goal and to keep longer-term inflation expectations well anchored.