I cannot tell you about the urgency, and I think it was reflected in a lot of the comments that were made beforehand.

One of the changes that Senator Capito and I are pushing for in the farm bill is for a program to provide funding for warranties to accompany these septic systems.

It is unconscionable to me that you also go out of your way to praise what Governor Abbot of Texas has done.

I have had the privilege of working with Senator Capito, who has been a great partner, in addressing these issues.

By the power vested in me by Senator Welch I hereby decree that Senator Braun shall go next.

It is a shame of our Nation, a nation this strong, this powerful, this wealthy, that could not do something about it.

How can we engage in good-faith discussions of border policies when this committee's Majority is using this committee to arrive at a pre-determined destination?

I think about Nicaragua in our own hemisphere, a terrible actor in the Ortega, a little country with people who are suffering.

Religious liberty, as we all know, is one of America's founding ideals, a cornerstone of our democracy.

we raised the use of torture.

I was shocked that the State Department failed to designate Nigeria as a country of particular concern in 2022.

I would point out that he is the only person under IRFA that was sanctioned because of serious allegations of killing Muslims.

I think the distinguished members of this panel and many other elected officials know that's not the truth.

We should take full advantage of it in order to promote freedom of religion, human rights here at home and abroad.

I hope we get permission.

I wrote the language into the bill that you have a right to believe or not to believe.

In March 2022, I joined then-Committee Chairwoman Waters and Representative Sherrod Brown in calling for GAO to conduct a review of the tools used by domestic violent extremists to finance their activities here in the United States.

We have to do more, but the administration has to do more, as well. I mean, a genocide in 2023 against Muslims.