Well, I am going to run out of time, but I have more questions for the next round.

CMS needs to stay in its lane. FDA is in charge of drug approval, not CMS.

I remember in 2008 when it was raised from $100,000 to $250,000 during that financial crisis. Now, some of our colleagues, including Senator Elizabeth Warren, has recommended that we raise up to $2 million or even up to $10 million.

I am disappointed that I haven't received an answer to that letter which was sent more than a month ago.

Do you believe that there are already sleeper cells in our grid? Have they already been penetrated by the Russians and perhaps by the Chinese that are waiting for exploitation?

I think determining the Chinese origin content of crucial parts of the electric system... is a hair-on-fire, urgent matter.

I think we have to fix that because, you know, we can put all of our efforts into grid security... and then if the pipeline goes down, the power is off.

That is what is concerning me. We may have already lost this battle in some sense.

Well, this does not strike me as a good deal for the taxpayers or for the consumers that you are charged with protecting.

we have a responsibility to deliver for the American people by working together to draft and pass funding bills

Well, I want to switch to relate it by different topics. But to me, it creates a situation where you are rewarding very wealthy depositors...

I have a couple programs I want to talk about, but I want to just start with the budget here.

You need people to be at work. You need people to be in the office.

Through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, Congress provided $600 million to support Federal wildland firefighters and to ensure they receive a minimum of $15 per hour.

I just do not understand CMS's misguided and outright unprecedented decision to not cover a whole class of Alzheimer's drugs.

How anyone could be shocked that the Taliban resumed its extraordinary harsh measures against children, and against girls and women, is beyond me.

we need a modern IRS. And that won't just mean fewer tax cheats, stifling families when it comes to paying their fair share.

My concern is this: is that money really going to get to women and children?