Our debt now exceeds $28 trillion, doubling in just the last decade alone.

I reject the increasingly popular view that federal deficits and debt no longer matter.

I would strongly urge your personal vigilance in this area. This is a very difficult time, especially for our Asian American community, and investigators with the best intentions can get carried away, so please watch this very carefully.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. And, Dr. Panchanathan, it is a pleasure to have you with us.

Thank you for your service and for all of the folks that serve with you.

Thank you very much for your testimony that recognized the importance of the Atmospheric Baseline Observatories.

What can you say to them as to your efforts to assure that these investigations do not go in that direction?

$10,000,000 is a lot of money, but when you take a look at everything that rides on the accuracy of the information over time, the cost benefit is just--there is no comparison.

You could have had, with the available vaccinations to date, you could have had 100 percent in your officers if they had decided to all take it, right?

It is a lot better for us to do the R&D and then for them to take it.

The Climate Change Financial Risk Act, introduced by Senator Schatz and Representative Casten, would require the Fed to establish a climate-related stress testing framework.

Most of China's influence in the region comes from financing loans, more than one and a half billion in the last decade.

I just think this committee and U.S. Government officials should be extremely precise when describing the Government of China as opposed to the Chinese.

Julie Su is highly qualified and is a strong leader.

the Department's mission takes on outsized importance.

leadership does make a difference and it is important that we support the president in putting together the team he needs.

Well, considering the massiveness of the failure in Texas, I think that they probably did not follow your recommendations very well.

I do think that there are some commodities such as electricity that are so basic that I do not know if free market is the best system to deliver those necessary commodities.