Senator Kennedy and I also hope to ensure that Chinese companies that trade on our exchanges, and all foreign public companies trading on our exchanges are held to the same insider trading disclosure rules as U.S. companies.

The United States of America pays its bills on time.

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

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

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

I just want your commitment that you will work with us to expand the reach of our wind power operations in Maryland and the mid-Atlantic.

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.

I know Senator Merkley mentioned to you our recent trip to Vietnam and Indonesia.

In my view that represents a retreat around the world at a time that we need to be more engaged, not less engaged.

I represent the State of Maryland, and the Chesapeake Bay is an example of an ongoing restoration effort.

I just wanted to get an update from you as to where that was, on our side, with respect to your sign off?

The problem with more government spending is it just redistributes private resources from one group to another.

I do think that making sure that folks who, especially very wealthy folks pay their taxes on time is important.

The Great American Outdoors Act permanently authorized funding to the Land and Water Conservation Fund to support our efforts to conserve lands and improve outdoor recreation opportunities across the Nation.

the President's budget reduces the deficit over the next 10 years by $3 trillion relative to if we did nothing.

I really hope, Madam Secretary, that we won't do that.

I hope we will all figure out a way forward on this.

I was pleased to team up with Senator Kennedy, also a Member of this Committee, to require that all companies that are listed on U.S. exchanges comply with the same auditing standards that apply to U.S. companies.