My top priority as Ranking Member is to work with my colleagues to conduct rigorous oversight, strengthen U.S. financial markets, and ensure that taxpayer dollars are spent responsibly.

It is with steadfast commitment that I stand before you today, knowing that there can be no appeasement or reasoning with this evil.

I ask unanimous consent that the following interns in my office be granted floor privileges for the rest of the Congress: Benjamin Chamberlin and Peter Skehan. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

The Southwest Border is wide open and the evidence is clear.

This scheme was born in 2014 in Ukraine and then replicated in other countries.

Chair Gensler, your climate change proposal, many sophisticated commentators believe that this is well beyond the SEC's authority.

It is not racist to say we have a problem at our Southern Border.

The Democrats are on record, they think this Homeland Security Committee, its investigation of the border, the oversight of the border is embarrassing.

They will end when this administration starts fixing the problem.

That is the scheme. That is the proof of concept.

AI is really grabbing some headlines, and over the past few months, Tennesseans have been watching the Senate as we go about having hearings and deciding how to handle this emerging technology. This technology has broken boundaries in ways…

Open border, drug cartels seizing the day, partnering with gangs that have taken over the criminal activity in many of our cities.

Last thing, without border security, we have no country.

It is the job of this committee to get to the bottom of what is going on and we will do it.

We know small firms will, particularly, be hurt.

The crisis is a direct result of DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas' dereliction of duty.

A study from Harvard Law School showed that five individuals account for roughly 40 percent of all shareholder proposals here.

The drug cartels will continue to take advantage of it, just like Merrick Garland said.