There’s the right to protest, but not the right to cause chaos.

The Biden administration has tried a strategy from the start which was hugging Israel close, support it publicly and privately express your disagreements.

They were opposed to the major massive ground invasion. There were opposed to not setting up many humanitarian corridors.

Vandalism, trespassing, breaking windows, shutting down campuses, forcing the cancellation of classes and graduations, none of this is a peaceful protest. Threatening people, intimidating people, instilling fear in people is not a peaceful…

We are not an authoritarian nation where we silence people or squash dissent, but neither are we a lawless country. We are a civil society. An order must prevail. There's the right to protest, but not the right to cause chaos.

Destroying property is not a peaceful protest. It's against the law. Vandalism, trespassing, breaking windows, shutting down campuses, forcing the cancellation of classes and graduations, none of this is a peaceful protest.

I am pleased to support this legislation.

There is a good compromise out there, and I think if we are smart and don't give up today, we will find it.

If I had known--as you know, the breadth of the issues that we cover in this Committee are enormous. It is impossible for any of us to fully master each of them.

I want to thank our members for being here today.

restore the soul of the nation

ensure tribes have a seat at the table at the highest level of the federal government and a voice throughout the government

I want to give public school teachers a raise.

Let's give public school teachers a raise.

I will support Chairman Hanson's nomination.

I would say there is a lesson here for both of us, and one of those is to make clear I am always ready to take your calls, your meeting, whatever you want and engage.

We are delighted to be able to move the legislation today.

Given how important this obviously is, my only regret is that we didn't have an opportunity to talk about it 24 hours ago.