I can assure you it is not ESG.

When is this Committee going to have a hearing on gun violence?

Mr. Speaker, the National Assessment of Educational Progress recently revealed that history and civics scores among students hit record lows. The scores are staggering. Eighty-seven percent of eighth graders have a basic or below basic…

You know, I am from Parkland where the shooting was at my high school, Marjorie Stoneman Douglas, so if you want clear clarity on what a deadly weapon is, I can assure you it is not ESG.

I am eager to learn more from our witnesses about how DOE intends to maximize these resources at its disposal in support of a stronger, safer, and more equitable energy future.

The goal of our oversight should always be to improve the research programs that we look at, not to tear them down.

I mean, it used to be about free markets, and it used to be about corporate freedom, and it used to be small government.

Mass shootings are completely out of control.

However, if we fail to provide a functional framework for digital assets in this country, all we are doing is forcing this activity to happen in an offshore exchange, rather than in a nicely-innovative, properly-regulated U.S. working…

To quote Senator Gillibrand, 'Establishing a regulatory framework that spurs innovation, develops clear standards, develops appropriate jurisdictional boundaries, and protects consumers.'

The CFTC needs additional authority over non-security digital assets.

I implore that this Committee start to look at mass shootings and the real weapons that are destroying people's lives, which are AR-15s.

Congress must act. And it is imperative that we do act.

So the innovation happens somewhere else, the value accrual and the jobs accrue somewhere else.

If Ronald Reagan was here and he was listening to people talk about... that we need government to make sure that people have to invest in companies... he would not even recognize you guys.

I sent a letter to NIH back on May 9th asking why taxpayer dollars were spent on a study entitled, Psychological Functioning in Transgender Youth After Two Years on Hormones.

Anything that we finalize will not degradate the beneficial use of control burns, prescribed burns, and would be able to deal with wildfires.

With these funds, the Bay Program has been able to make significant strides in meeting the goal of restoring the bay by 2025.