I appreciate my friend from South Carolina for yielding me time. I rise in support of the Unlocking Our Domestic LNG Potential Act. Last month, the Biden administration doubled down on its war against American energy production by…

I do not think that the United States stuck to our commitment to help the Afghan government when the Taliban was clearly making progress throughout the country.

the United States is not in a safer posture.

the way in which we withdrew was an unmitigated disaster.

This was, clearly, an abandonment of the conditions-based approach of DOHA.

Thank you, Madam Chairwoman, and thank you, Under Secretary Nelson. It's good to see you again.

When you ask us for money to support the----Ukraine assistance, we need to shut down the financing to Moscow.

My point is this: Why is the Biden Administration greenlighting billions of dollars that fund Moscow's war in Ukraine, even as you ask Congress to provide supplemental budget funding for Ukraine?

We need to reduce those barriers.

The problem is that it is perplexing to all of us why this Administration's strategy with respect to defending Ukraine and their sovereignty is working at completely cross-purposes with the Administration's obsession with climate.

I do share Chairman McHenry's concerns that this is a lot for these small businesses.

We are still working with the districts to make sure that we inspections, that we are still taking full responsibility for the treatment of our detainees.

I appreciate you coming to my district in August to hear from my constituents, especially small businesses and financial institutions.

we would urge the Administration to use that Presidential drawdown authority.

Protection of our Federal judiciary is our top priority.

As of now, we are in complete compliance, we believe in the Executive Order with regard to private prisons.

The guidance from the Attorney General of the United States was to protect the Supreme Court justices' lives and that of their family while at their residence.

The rules and regulations passed down over the past year by the Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division will be extremely harmful to American workers, job creators and small businesses.