We should be celebrating that instead of castigating people and telling them how to run their business.

They wanted to formalize it. They didn't call it a ministry of truth.

The American people rightly recognize that our own government is being turned against its citizens.

The question, what are we going to do about it? I think this Committee is a good response to it.

If AI is banned, only the criminals will have AI. The criminals in fact will be inside of the government.

Today we're seeing the Bill of Rights being trampled in every kind of way.

This legislation ensures that we are taking a whole of government approach to efficiently and effectively engage with our partners in the Pacific.

This legislation builds off of a successive Administration's actions to strengthen the United States engagement in the Indo-Pacific.

Legislation like this shows that these communities are very important and that we're interested in a relationship with the Pacific Islands because we see mutual benefit built upon decades of trust.

Is the administration asking us to remove books, or are they more concerned about search results (or both)?

I have got a bill that I am going to introduce that would prohibit the funding for disinformation research grants.

When my constituents complain about their taxes, I tell them to be thankful you don't get all the government you pay for.

The thing that troubled me is they are literally trying to ban math and powerful computers.

It's essential that Congress assert its authority in showing that we are not just interested but invested in an enduring relationship with our Pacific Island partners.

I certainly see the irony; it is deafening that they are going to turn these tools on you.

It's disappointing that Congress needed to create this Committee, but it definitely needed to be done.

This is a humanitarian and security crisis of historic proportions and Senate Republicans have assisted not just for months, but for years that this urgent crisis demanded action.

I thank the gentleman from Texas for yielding. Mr. Speaker, there is something in this bill called tax credits, but they are also called refundable. So what is a refundable tax credit? It is welfare by a different name. We are going to…