Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and greetings from the front lines of Washington, DC, where I believe congressional business should take place.

I expect within the next several days there will be a major announcement of a funding source for a major research institute on our very own campus in Fayetteville, Arkansas.

Our nation's strong innovation ecosystem has always been driven by the pioneering spirit on which America was founded.

I am concerned that this Committee ought to be focused on a large and growing crisis that threatens income security programs for all Americans.

I subscribe to the notion that deficits and debt do matter, because eventually we are going to become a credit risk.

I would assume I would get an affirmative response from every single one of you that in a future infrastructure package the ability for this country to get rural broadband... is important.

I am very concerned that Congress is on the verge of making it worse, because if Congress gives states a powerful incentive to stay locked down, then that is going to continue to retard the recovery.

I believe that, eventually, net interest on the debt is probably going to exceed what we spend on national security, which would be unheard of, in my opinion.

How do we make sure that the policies we enact are doing everything possible to defeat the virus, to boost the economy, and to get Americans back to work?

It is imperative that policymakers establish and enforce policies guiding fiscal responsibility as subsequent COVID-19 relief bills are considered.

Everyone here agrees that when a crisis occurs the federal government has to act.

Thank you for driving down and at least warming a chair there in the Budget hearing room.

We cannot keep getting away from doing our job, especially when we are in normal times.

Obviously, these are unprecedented times in our nation, as evidenced by the fact that we are conducting this hearing from various parts of our country.

A very thoughtful, bipartisan bill was put out on police reform by Senator Scott and it was essentially laughed at.

I wish that Congress could work on renewing hope in America, on restoring the America that we love.

If my colleagues across the aisle were concerned about police reform, I don't think that their colleagues in the Senate would have described Senator Tim Scott's bill as a token bill.

part of the function of oversight is to make sure that the law is being carried out, that justice is administered, and, if it is not, that we rectify that.