Our share of global semiconductor production will fall to just 10 percent by 2030 and the Asian market controlling 83 percent.

I believe this hearing is a step in the right direction, and I appreciate the chairperson holding this hearing.

My fear is Brand USA won't be able to lead our country through international travel recovery because of the absence of matching funds from the private sector.

As mentioned in my opening statement, the travel and tourism industry in the United States needs to--they need help to recover from the pandemic, and I believe Brand USA has a significant role to play.

That election will go down as the crime of the century and our country is being destroyed by people who perhaps have no right to destroy it.

Climate change is a major threat to our country.

The reality is, quite frankly, that the natural disasters have always occurred, and they will continue to occur.

This was not a Republican issue, a Democratic issue. Everybody in the country cared about this issue.

What I am hoping is that we will cultivate a generation of civil servants, that people believe in and trust...

We would rather not go it alone, but we certainly have to be prepared to go it alone because we have to do something about this critical issue.

the United States should be a world leader on this issue.

Now, as we have hardened and continue to harden our defenses against a potential terrorist attack, we must also be prepared for the devastating effects of a severe weather event.

energy security is national security and there's not a single Ambassador that I talked to that are on the front lines with Russia that do not wake up every single day thinking about how they're going to provide energy

How do you plan on ensuring that Hamas does not benefit from the $110 million in U.S. assistance?

Lifting sanctions on Iran, a well-known financer of terrorism, is a gift to Hamas, Hezbollah, and other terrorist groups.

It's impossible to not benefit Hamas.

I'm glad this is an acknowledgment that we can both agree on.

I would hope that Palestinian people would see that Hamas has brought nothing but ruin and misery to them.