I hope the Administration will take action by pulling the proposed rule.

There is a need for more certainty and clarity of the reach of the Clean Water Act.

I appreciate the hearing and want to thank the witnesses for your testimony, your presence, and your commitment to stopping this crime.

just changing the default will make a big difference and will contribute significantly to these contributions

I am out of time, but if our remaining witnesses can do fifteen seconds each or submit something in writing.

the problems in Social Security are the problems of income inequality and of the fact that we do not require Social Security contributions on income above, right now, $118,000.

This shift means that the employee rather than the employer makes all the decisions and bears all the risks.

the income inequality that we have seen that now goes back to the American Gilded Age has had a tough effect on Social Security

If we simply had kept 1980's-level income equality from now to the present, we would have a far, far stronger Social Security system.

I guess I would ask, starting with you and going down with your colleague from Treasury and others...

I think that holding hearings like we are having today is critical to getting the word out to the American public...

I have to ask what if down the road, because we didn't make the investment, because Congress failed, would the next Emily Whitehead be saved?

I really appreciate you raising Emily Whitehead as an example of what we need to have more of.

It's probably the worst example of pennywise and pound-foolish that we can imagine.

These are deadly serious issues, the ones that Dr. Collins just spoke to about the impact of funding diminution.

I am just wondering, to start out, does the administration agree--because we have heard in other forums about grievances, legitimate grievances.

I too agree that we should send defensive weapons to Ukraine.

You must defend yourself.