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Not my words, but the International Trade Commission says that for every job sugar protects, we lose three manufacturing jobs. Mr. Chairman, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Hensarling).

So if it is evidence-based, I think we will find Democrats and Republicans alike that will want to look and say: Are we making progress here?

If we only reauthorize, to not actually have a plan that implements with a measurable tool... we will have failed.

I think the problem that you're hearing is a frustration of the fact that we have a drug that is being used and there are so many deaths each and every day.

It is clearly more than a livelihood for you. It is a labor of love.

I thank Mr. Thompson for his time tonight. Again, I appreciate the work that he has done in this field session after session, and I appreciate the way he approaches his work on the Education and the Workforce Committee. We respect the…

I again thank Mr. Walberg for being here tonight. Mr. Speaker, I now yield to the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Thompson), another stellar member of the Education and the Workforce Committee, who in the past has led the way in the area…

I thank Mr. Estes for being here tonight. Mr. Speaker, I want to brag a little on Kansas, also. I had the opportunity last year to visit in Congressman Estes' district and see firsthand the cooperation going on there among the different…

It became pretty clear to me how difficult securing our supply chain will be.

Displacing Federal workers with subcontracted services is not a good plan in my mind, unless it truly does make us more efficient

I thank the gentlewoman for her questions.

That's the best use of 5 minutes that I've heard in 6 years. Thank you very much for the action items.

If you look at the surveys, it's not that they don't know; it's that we have created a system that makes it so laborious to deal with it that they don't deal with it.

I thank you, Mr. Chairman, for your leadership on this effort and, certainly, for the witnesses who are here today as we start to look at this.

I cannot imagine that half the community banks in North Carolina would be gone purely because they were good acquisition targets.

We are not talking about going to no regulation. We are talking about really taking a look at the nature of the business activities in these institutions.

I saw President Erdogan from Turkey on Bloomberg this morning who was talking about he needs to be the ultimate person deciding some monetary policy or interest rates in Turkey.

I appreciate you all continuing to be independent on that scale. I think that is a very vital role that you play.