Congress already has the power to oversee agency rulemaking, and agencies can only exercise authority that we grant them.

they're hired in these agencies of the Federal Government because they bring with them life-saving training and science and expertise that we don't have as Members of Congress.

Certainly, in a negative way. We should be listening to those workers.

Regulations protect people in the first place. They help keep disasters like East Palestine from happening.

The REINS Act would grind the gears of rulemaking to a halt by requiring all major rules to be affirmatively approved by both Chambers of Congress.

I hope that in this hearing we can continue this bipartisan work, and look for concrete steps we can take together to address this deep challenge.

Prudence should be our watch word it seems.

Make no mistake, China is the competitor with the greatest combination of intent and capacity to threaten U.S. global leadership.

I think especially when we look at things like access to rare earth minerals that are critical to our economy and other factors, those relationships with the global south are important.

I am delighted to follow Leader Schumer, for whom this has been such an important issue. I am confident that we will gather our caucus together to be as effective as we can. Today is International Women's Day, but this year it is shadowed…

This is yet another reason why it is important that this committee and this Congress focus on combating the rise of racially-motivated extremism here in the homeland as well.

I am optimistic about the opportunity that lies ahead to build on these historic achievements.

I apologize to you for being in the crosshairs of an obviously politicized effort to attack the Biden Administration.

I want to particularly thank Commissioner Serna, as a government official, for coming here to tell the story of her county and her experience in New Mexico.

Our adversary here is not the Chinese people, it is an authoritarian and anti-democratic regime that is becoming increasingly aggressive.

there is always a perennial debate on the level of foreign aid that we provide to those same nations

The historic Abraham Accords are one of the most consequential diplomatic achievements of my lifetime and a success of the Donald Trump Administration.

the Chinese Communist Party is accelerating their efforts to fuse economic and technology policies with their military ambitions.