There have been several lawsuits brought against EPA recently for its failure to strengthen its Clean Water Act program.

Thank you for your testimony. It is nice to see a fellow North Carolinian and an Aggie in the committee room.

So do you agree that EPA needs to change the way it regulates this form of nutrient runoff?

your record of failures to protect investors and abuses of power make it clear that we need to restructure the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The American people deserve to know the origins of the COVID-19 virus.

There is a lack of clarity here in the marketplace. Can you at least agree to that?

I want to hear from someone who thinks that TRIPS waivers are a good idea.

a strong, reliable, and predictable IP right is paramount to incentivizing U.S. innovation and creativity.

I think if you were to eliminate those, you would open a wide door of intellectual property theft.

I said, thank you, Director Abizaid. Does the NCTC assess a significant threat from the historic level of uncontrolled crossing at the Southern Border?

It is amazing to me, if you think back to that language, and it has been referred to here today, that was in the 9/11 Commission report that the system was blinking red.

The American people want democratic access to capital, with retail investor participation.

the most notable threat, of course, is the Chinese Communist Party.

I can tell you that the lack of certainty and the risk of having your IP rights stripped has an absolute chilling effect on businesses.

Ambassador Sales, I want to revisit--since Representative Titus sort-of ridiculed or trivialized what you said about the terrorism risk, uncontrolled Southern Border.

I can't believe that this committee is rushing to take off more guardrails when we should be adding them.

I was glad to hear you raise the question whether an uncontrolled Southern Border poses a security risk to the United States.

Congress must provide clear rules of the road for the digital asset ecosystem because the regulators cannot agree.