You don't think they use any of that Federal money to pay your salary to come lobby us to keep the rules in their favor?

I am hopeful, because the group of people where we have been having just informal discussions are very sincere, and it`s a bipartisan group. And I believe that we want to make something happen.

That's not a question, Mr. Macchiarola. That's a fact.

The evidence is clear, we subsidize--we taxpayers subsidize the oil and gas industry.

Why is that? It is because a lot of people assumed from the very beginning that oil and gas and coal is cheaper because the market determines that it is cheaper.

The reason why I was so interested in this hearing is because I'm not only on the Oversight Committee, but I'm also on the Ways and Means Committee, the taxation committee.

It's an unfair playing field. And we've got to level that playing field so that the transition to clean renewables happens quicker and happens within the next 10 years.

We want all seven to be implemented including codified into law, and we want those extended into the federal law enforcement as well as the Department of Homeland Security.

It was quite incredible, Lawrence, to really be in the Oval Office with the president of the United States. And especially a president of the United States such as President Biden who truly genuinely cares about Hispanic Americans in our…

If we need to do the budget reconciliation, then the Congressional Hispanic Caucus will make its case to the parliamentarian that this indeed is an economic benefit, a budgetary benefit for the American people.

The agreed-upon strategy is that we need to get the Senate to pass the Farm Work Force Modernization Act, as well as the Dream and Promise Act.

So, don't expect more money. Do not expect to have more planes purchased than authorized in the President's budget.

And I can assure you that, this year, if anybody suggests a plus-up, there will be one hell of a fight, and I don't propose to lose it.

There are so many things that are screwed up here that it is hard to find a focus.

It is going to be some hard decisions being made on this program. We are not going to let it go any longer with a lot of happy talk.

The answer is it's over seven years. And what the intangible drilling deduction does is for oil companies, they get to deduct expenses on the first year for seven years.

The F-35 is the most expensive program in the history of the Department of Defense, and the sustainment costs are expected to exceed $1.2 trillion over the life of the program.

Thank you, Representative Ocasio-Cortez, and for your leadership earlier this week in the reintroduction of the Green New Deal.