That is completely and totally unacceptable.

I am concerned, though, with impending actions of the Federal Reserve that that, in itself, will be jeopardized.

I want to start by acknowledging the strength of the U.S. banking sector.

You people are so beholden to an agenda that you would literally tell families around the country they can't even use a gas range top.

the average EV is going to be between 14 and 16 thousand dollars more expensive than its ICE counterpart

I am so tired of listening to the propaganda coming in these hearings.

the impact of the blow to the 175-pounder is going to be a good bit more severe than the other way around

you guys are pushing policies that are literally going to derive--deprive people of their rights to choose whether they want to cook their food on a gas range top or drive a vehicle of their choice.

we find ourselves in another hearing again in which our colleagues in the Biden administration are pushing dangerous socialist propaganda policies over people.

This is an assault on freedom, and it is dangerous.

It will be 25 years minimum before we can catch up with China. That is how far ahead of us they are in battery production.

But that is money--that work was funded with U.S. taxpayer dollars.

reserving the right to object, I object. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Objection is heard. The Senator from Colorado.

But you can't even get a mine permitted in the next decade under the--under current conditions.

Reserving the right to object, this is the ninth time that my colleagues on the left have come to the floor to try to break my hold on Department of Defense nominees. This is the ninth time I am coming forward to keep my word. Since the…

As I have to constantly do, correct the record. I practiced for Bear Bryant.

I think that is a problem.

We are not talking about necessarily putting up ballistic-proof fencing or things like that.