I thank the distinguished Chair. I appreciate that very much. Thanks to all our Witnesses for sharing your time and expertise with us today.

Throughout the 15-month investigation that preceded these solutions focused hearing, I kept seeing the same thing over and over again, a bigger guy taking advantage of the smaller guy.

The rich get richer, and the poor get poorer in Big Tech today, and we are looking for solutions because it is clear that without intervention nothing is going to rebalance the scales.

I enjoyed our phone conversation. I like the nuanced way in which you spoke of our relationship with China.

We are getting subsidized shrimp refused elsewhere because of phytosanitary concerns, putting my folks out of business.

I just encourage that that be resolved ASAP so the folks back home who work in rice mills have fuller employment.

Statistics stating that the United States is worst in the world, statistics are very commonly lies.

We have shut down the world's economy and destroyed millions of American families' lives over a virus.

Families have been restricted from the death beds of their loved ones. It is an unbelievable emotional impact.

Students have the highest risk of long-term negative effects due to Government actions in response to COVID.

We know our children are falling behind. We know that we have rising cases of child abuse.

Madam Speaker, Congressman-elect Luke Letlow was called home far too soon. He was a friend and we were looking forward to working together here in the people's House. His passing was so sudden and unexpected that it caused many of us-- it…

I find it highly ironic that Americans are being asked to live under continued repressive COVID restrictions while the Biden administration has relaxed our borders.

Madam Speaker, I thank the gentleman, Mr. Johnson, for yielding and for organizing this. Madam Speaker, I sat here and listened to all of these people talk about Luke Letlow, and I don't know who they are talking about. Luke was a redneck…

Madam Speaker, our Special Order tonight is to honor a dear friend, one who would have been a colleague of ours here, and a great tragedy. Congressman-elect Luke Joshua Letlow, from Start, Louisiana, passed away from complications due to…

Madam Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman for her leadership of the freshman class and for those kind remarks. I yield to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Pfluger), another leader from that class.

I say this to let you know that I don't blame those other people, I blame the shooter.

Madam Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman from Colorado for her words. That was very appropriate. I was going to cite the same scripture. I will just say this as we close tonight: The night we got word of Luke's passing was December 29, and…