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Our adversaries are very capable of using energy as a weapon--Russia--and we have done nothing but help them when we have greenlighted the Nord Stream 2 pipeline.

The President's energy policy simply does not make sense.

President Biden chose to shut down the Keystone XL pipeline on his first day in office, a decision that resulted in hundreds of people losing out on good-paying jobs.

This committee should focus its oversight activities and investigation on government operations, not inject itself into private operations.

The new trend is that this committee continues to use or, rather, should I say, continues to abuse its power to conduct oversight into the private activities of private citizens and private companies.

Families for whom wages are low and the cost of childcare is high.

We call them essential workers. Often they don't make an essential wage.

People have had to make really hard decisions throughout the pandemic when it comes to their jobs and protecting themselves and their families and their communities.

It is not that parents don't want to work. Raising a small child... during a pandemic without reliable childcare or other supports is a full-time job.

I often say the right thing to do is often the smart thing to do as well.

I do not believe it is a negative impact. In fact, I think it is a very strongly positive impact on the economy.

I also understand the great value small businesses provide in helping a community recover from a disaster.

I hope that we can continue to learn from these disasters and strengthen our capability to eliminate the vulnerabilities in our Nation's infrastructure.

It took years for that area to recover and we all learned many valuable lessons in mitigating the effects that disasters can have on communities, especially with issues pertaining to infrastructure resiliency.

I will say before closing that I am sick and tired of seeing people building multi-million-dollar mansions on the beach and then getting FEMA assistance while people in rural areas don't get squat.

In zip codes with more Black Americans compared to predominantly White areas, Black neighborhoods had a lower rate of securing an inspection, prior likelihood of best assistance being denied without an explanation, and less assistance when…

I have spent most of my adult life fighting invidious discrimination, not because I wanted to or chosen this as my mission in life, it is because I have found myself in positions where I have had an opportunity to make a difference and I…

Small businesses are definitely the backbone of America. When small businesses have problems, then America has problems.