"Dear Lord, thank you for this time together. Thank you that we get to live in the greatest country in the history of the world."
"a lot of those folks are already experiencing cuts, thanks to the sky-high inflation that is 19.9 percent since January 2021."
"Social Security's trust fund will be unable to pay full retirement benefits starting in 2033."
"It's completely unacceptable to deny Dr. Fauci, who's here, a respected member of the medical community, his title."
"I am so sorry you just had to sit through that. That was completely irresponsible."
"Your, quote/unquote, 'so-called science' that the gentlewoman is referring to has saved millions of lives in this country and around the world."
"These attacks are ridiculous."
"I also think it's important to note that my opinion is that you are an American hero."
"Right now our Federal workforce is teleworking less than their private counterparts in the private sector."
"Those types of efforts could cause enormous havoc, especially in elections that were close."
"I have to respectfully disagree with some of our Chairman's comments."
"The threats are happening from foreign actors even more."
"AI threatens and continues to threaten global democracy, not just here in the United States but across the globe."
"There are certain places in Kansas where that doesn't work."
"I don't remember a time in my life when there wasn't some place in Kansas that was suffering from drought."
"Farmers and ranchers were the original conservationists."
"DHS issued a warning ahead of the 2024 elections of threats that AI poses to our very elections."
"We have the legislation in this Committee that I sponsored, and I believe that Mayor Bowser has even publicly supported, called the SHOW UP Act, to try to get the teleworking numbers back to pre-pande..."
