Each of these groups, back to Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank, failed to prioritize properly clear and present risks of the inflationary environment, rising interest rates, what it did to bond values, instead opting to focus on…

I think, making sure we are getting the biggest bang for the buck, by getting folks to have competitive contracts, and getting these out on time is also very important.

I remember having debates right here with the Banking Committee about these massive stimulus bills, that $1.9 trillion spending bill, that even Lawrence Summers said was inflationary.

I want to thank the Chair and Ranking Member for holding this hearing and I want to congratulate you on being appointed to run this committee.

The Marine Corps remains postured and prepared to serve as the Nation's crisis response force, providing credible forces where the Nation is least ready.

We need no less than 31 Amphibious Warfare Ships to enable Marine Corps Title 10 missions in support of the joint force.

the Marine Corps wouldn't be where it is today without your leadership.

The failure of Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank, and the general turmoil in the banking sector are the direct result of the failures of regulators, including the agencies we have before us today, also the executive teams at these…

The Marine Corps remains postured and prepared to serve as the Nation's crisis response force, providing credible forces where the Nation is least ready.

if you don't have people on the ground we are screwed.

I look forward to working with all three of you, as do Senator Collins, to make sure that when this budget hits the ground, we all know what is in it, and we all know what to expect the results of it are, because I think it is a critically…

if you shut those borders down, they're not going to come there. If the hours are reduced, they're not going to come.

Look, I think predictability in the industrial base is really, really important.

It better be fixed. If it is the regulators' fault, it better be fixed. If it is the regulation fault, it better be fixed.

I have had a number of Farm Bill listening sessions since this is a Farm Bill year, and these haven't been invitation, this has been opening the doors and let folks in to speak their mind.

I think, making sure we are getting the biggest bang for the buck, by getting folks to have competitive contracts, and getting these out on time is also very important.

we're depending on you to do that, and we're depending on this budget to do that.

it is very, very important that those ports remain open because it is our Number 1 trading partner