While the subject of today's hearing is important to me and many who are on this WebEx, there is a subject that is being ignored that is far more important that we should all be discussing.

Madam Speaker, I rise today to bring attention to the crisis at our southwest border. In January, U.S. Customs and Border Patrol reported over 153,941 migrant encounters at our southwest border, which represented a 320 percent increase…

Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize an exemplary Arkansan, Scipio Africanus Jones. Scipio Jones was born into slavery in Arkansas in 1863. Throughout his life, he attended Black schools near his hometown, eventually earning his…

I request that we start having hearings on domestic energy production and how this Committee can be proactive in getting more of our energy resources--and not just energy, but minerals and elements, as well--into the marketplace.

Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize Retired Army Colonel Mike Ross and his selfless leadership with Veterans Villages of America. Colonel Ross is a combat veteran with 37 years of military service. He has received numerous awards…

Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize the retirement of Margaret Ellibee and commemorate her service of 11 years as chancellor at the University of Arkansas Pulaski Technical College. UA Pulaski Tech, a 2-year community college in the…

Madam Speaker, I rise today to bring attention to the latest Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the CFBP, proposed small business data collection regulation. It is called section 1071. Access to capital for small businesses is the…

This will reduce our demand for foreign oil.

Madam Speaker, I rise today in honor of Daisy Bates and her brave actions that shaped American history and Arkansas history. When Daisy Bates moved to Little Rock in the early 1940s, she immediately joined the NAACP and became a leader in…

Madam Speaker, I rise today to bring attention to how the International Monetary Fund fuels Russia's war on Ukraine by providing them a blank check in the form of special drawing rights, or SDRs. Last week, I with 40 of my Republican…

the natural gas that we produce here in the United States is 40 percent cleaner than the gas that Putin produces.

Madam Speaker, I rise today to bring attention to the economic crisis that has been fueled by the Biden administration's out- of-control spending and the very accommodative monetary policies of our Federal Reserve. 2021 was the worst year…

Madam President, while we gathered in the House Chamber for the State of the Union Address, the whole world was watching for President Biden's comments on Putin's rapidly escalating invasion of Ukraine. I thought the President did a good…

Mr. President, the world is in chaos everywhere you turn. In the last week, Vladimir Putin has launched an unprovoked, naked war of aggression against the people of Ukraine. The reason he did this is because of his imperial ambitions to…

Mr. President, I reserve the right to object because, here we are again, 2 weeks later and nothing has changed. The Democrats and the Department of Justice once again want their well-connected and wealthy political nominees confirmed…

I have heard from several ag interests that there is a perceived shift at the CFTC to become an agency which is heavy on enforcement.

Thank you, Chair Stabenow and Ranking Member Boozman, for holding this hearing.

It is certainly worth repeating that today's hearing is historic in that not only are we considering four highly qualified nominees but four highly qualified female nominees.