I know President Biden has called upon Congress to change the law so that we can hold executives accountable.

I particularly appreciate the updates he has made to insider trading disclosure with last year's revisions to Rule 10b5-1.

if the Congress packed up its bags and left...the reality is 10 years from now, the deficit would be $3 trillion higher than if than it is today.

It is critical that the Commission have the flexibility to pursue bad actors in our capital markets, like FTX.

Let me also applaud you and the Biden administration for your help in providing human rights and other assistance to folks in the West Bank in Gaza under very, very difficult circumstances.

We need to bring that same determination to some of these other challenges around the world.

In order to make sure that we discourage poaching, and we discourage wildlife trafficking, we need to make sure that local populations have alternatives.

the recent action taken by the Knesset really just yesterday that rolled back the agreement made more than 20 years ago by Israel to evacuate four settlements was inconsistent with the obligations that the Government of Israel has taken on…

I have reintroduced my Snoop Act, which would strike the Biden Administration's requirement that third party platforms report businesses gross transaction volumes.

Prime Minister Netanyahu says he has two hands on the steering wheel, meaning that he is in control of this government.

I am confident we will restore it.

President Xi has reiterated the fact that that relationship between Russia and China knows, quote, 'No limits. The friendship knows no limits.'

I hope in the coming weeks we can have a sober conversation up here about the budget and deficits.

I give you and the Biden Administration, the FDIC, and others, high marks for the way you responded quickly and decisively to the Silicon Valley Bank default.

Whether you make spending cuts, whether you make revenue increases, people can have a healthy disagreement on that front.

we are seeing a critical crackdown and I just want to point out that the State Department Human Rights Report...indicates that both India and Pakistan have seen increasing threats on press freedom.

Well, thank you. We hope we can work with you to get ahead of them as much as possible.

Thanks to the passage of the Infrastructure Modernization Bill, we are well on our way to connecting them.