Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Speaker, I rise today in support of the Energy Cybersecurity University Leadership Act of 2023--a reintroduced version of this bill brought by myself along with Representative…

They can never compete with a free and open society that allows for free enterprise and prosperity like in the United States.

So yes, the CCP is a great threat, but when we work together across the aisle especially, and put people over politics, we can mount a focused response to increase our economic competitiveness and produce good clean jobs right here at home…

We are glad you are before the committee that actually does have a data security law for financial firms.

This committee will lead this Congress' economic agenda and response to China.

They are centralized. We are decentralized. They are closed. We are open.

The Chinese Communist Party maintains a surveillance state with a great firewall and no freedom of speech, no freely-exchangeable currency and no rule of law.

The actions of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) last week serve as a clarifying moment that China is not an ally or a strategic partner.

We must double down on our commitment to free people in free markets.

They suppress free speech and human dignity. We embrace it.

But they can never compete with a free and open society that allows for free enterprise and prosperity like in the United States.

Well, news for them, in 2019, 3,707 pounds of narcotics were seized in 2019. That's more than in 2022.

It's important that America continue to be that beacon in the world for people escaping oppression, especially from their government.

So, that's good. I just want to stop you there. I appreciate that. That it's not important where it comes from, because it's about the fentanyl.

You know, a lot of the members over there voted against funding for you guys, right? Voted against all the things you say you need.

Mr. Speaker, the college-for-all mentality failed our country's students. It failed students who paid or borrowed for degrees with no return on their investment. It failed workers who lack the skills to succeed in their field. It failed…

Mr. Speaker, I thank my great friend from Wisconsin, who serves on the Education and the Workforce Committee, and is a very valuable member of that committee, as well as the Oversight and Accountability Committee. Mr. Speaker, today, the…

Mr. Speaker, on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, seven Jewish worshippers were murdered in cold blood outside a synagogue in Jerusalem. Make no mistake, Mr. Speaker, this was no random act of violence. This was a heinous and…