The benefits of higher capital requirements are clear. They will enhance bank resilience and secure more stable lending in our economy.

As has been proven, the Republicans' opposition to regulation comes at the expense of economic stability for working families.

I was necessarily absent, but had I been present, I would have voted yea on rollcall vote No. 224, confirmation of Tanya J. Bradsher, to be Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs. I was necessarily absent, but had I been present, I would…

I am really quite tired of it, so let's set the record straight here today.

While concerns about data privacy and government surveillance are real, especially in countries that do not respect human rights and privacy, a CBDC does not have to be designed that way.

I worry about some of the recent false narratives and fearmongering--much of which has been fueled by the crypto industry itself.

I thank the chairman for yielding and for his decision to highlight the unprecedented investment being made in regions across our country. Over the past 2 years, every single State across New England has benefited mightily from President…

Saudi Arabia should not be able to sanitize its image by sports washing, nor should it be able to gain sensitive data by investing in American companies.

I can tell you that it is a lot more than zero.

We want to see American companies develop this technology and set the standards for the world.

So the job of the SEC is to protect investors, not the fossil fuel industry.

Isn't it your job to fix that?

The SEC's job is to protect investors, but more and more people are at risk because they are sucked into markets that have weaker rules.

I have some obvious concerns about people who are dying on the road because of this technology perhaps being deployed too soon.

There now exists in the Commonwealth a state of emergency due to rapid and unabating increases in the number of families with children and pregnant women, many of them new arriving migrants and refugees living with the State, but without…

[T]here now exists in the Commonwealth a state of emergency due to rapid and unabating increases in the number of families with children and pregnant [women]--many of them new arriving migrants and refugees--living with the State but…

I hope I said that right at the beginning. You have.

these look like two giant holes to me.