I don't think it is right to put American taxpayers on the hook for defending themselves in these cases when you know that there is a high odd--high odds of losing.

We have an opportunity for deterrence with Ukraine, we didn't take it.

Personally, I have introduced legislation, the 21st Century Free Speech Act that would ensure that all Americans have reasonable, nondiscriminatory access to Big Tech speech platforms.

It weakens us as a Nation.

I remain concerned that we will continue to see airline seats shrink to all passengers' detriment.

The new budget lays out another $2.5 trillion of spending increases and going to the Treasury Green Book that you just mentioned a few minutes earlier, another $4.7 trillion of tax increases as well.

I was encouraged to hear in your testimony that you want to restore Congress's pivotal role in foreign policy process.

Time is not on our side, Secretary, especially when we have a $19 billion arms backlog to Taiwan.

That is a good bill.

We have an exceptional job ahead of us. We are challenged in conducting rigorous oversight to strengthen U.S. financial systems and ensure that the dollars that taxpayers have entrusted to us with are spent responsibly.

We are facing an unprecedented spending epidemic. We are in a deficit spending situation.

the airlines study getting folks off the airplane within 90 seconds, which is the rule they are supposed to abide by.

There was also a failure at the San Francisco Fed in terms of the oversight that they should have been providing.

I appreciate you holding this important hearing today.

There are deep concerns there. We have got, potentially, Chinese companies working with the Mexican Military to take adverse actions on U.S. assets.

I want to know what you are doing to find the children and what you are doing to make certain that these children are not being trafficked?

I think that modernization of the Department will help us address those challenges.

There was also a failure at the San Francisco Fed in terms of the oversight that they should have been providing.