Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Republicans talk about wanting to outcompete China, but they all opposed the very laws that are going to help us do just that.

obviously I am concerned that when Republicans passed H.R. 1 through the House several weeks ago, they were trying to eliminate provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act that enabled a comprehensive approach to fighting climate change and…

We have given out over $1.7 billion in funding already of the ultimately $3 billion that will be disbursed to those Tribal communities.

It is important to me that we not overlook Tribal populations, which we know are among the very least connected of Americans.

We know that the United States and other countries around the world are forced to rely on supply chains dominated by China for critical minerals and manufacturing and that the United States needs to catch up in this sector to ensure our…

Thank you for that and for focusing on all these families that are here with their precious children and pictures that they're holding for us to see.

I think it is remarkably important. I see our one area that we should be focusing on is understanding what the American worker and the employer want to do collectively.

Not defaulting is a win for the country.

I think we should be dealing with those as well, which is what Brian and I have proposed.

We have to presume June 1 is the date, if that's what the Treasury secretary is saying.

I think there are reasonable things we can do.

We can't continue to play chicken with the full faith and credit of the United States of America, right?

The risks are just too significant, as we all know, both to -- to paying our debts and what that would mean with our reputation in the world.

To my mind, the crux of stability in the Western Balkans rests with the resolution of the conflict between Kosovo and Serbia.

The war in Ukraine has reinvigorated the imperative of supporting European countries' efforts to make the necessary reforms and commitments to join the European Union.

Nearly 30 years after the Dayton Peace agreement, we have yet to see its full potential bear out.

Controlling the information space and cracking down on civil society, President Vucic continues to embrace nationalist Serb narratives.