Thank you for your courage in coming forward.

Thank you. I want to pivot back to Instagram's targeting of kids.

I rise today in strong support of Dilawar Syed's nomination to serve as Deputy Administrator of the Small Business Administration. I have a letter of support from the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus that I would ask unanimous…

In the midst of the pandemic, what is normally a very bipartisan small business committee, Republicans are blocking Mr. Syed's nomination. This is particularly egregious behavior by Republicans on the committee because Mr. Syed is…

I rise today to introduce the Coffee Plant Health Initiative Amendments Act, a bill that allows the Secretary of Agriculture to provide research and extension grants for the purposes of protecting coffee plants from outside threats such as…

Well, first of all, Congressman, it was great to host you in Hawai`i in conjunction with our--both of our membership then on the Agriculture Committee.

Your work and the investments in climate science research and observation technology have focused squarely the challenges we're facing.

the oceans are not some integrated, you know, separate ecosystem from the land, and from our air.

mahalo for the opportunity to share my thoughts with the Committee on climate change, especially as it relates to our oceans.

We are of course severely impacting our climate through our actions.

In my home state of Hawai`i, we are on the front line of the fight against climate change.

This should not be a political issue. This should actually be an issue where Americans come together.

I hope other states will take this to heart also because there’s so much misinformation out there about ivermectin or hydroxychloroquine.

There are a lot of states out there where the governors have not been promoting vaccination or have not been containing large gathering sizes.

Look, I will absorb some of the anger and rage as long as it means that we can get to the other individuals and get them vaccinated or get them wearing masks.

I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The clerk will call the roll. The legislative clerk called the roll.

Never mind the disaster of the unemployment handouts that left small businesses struggling to find workers because the government was paying people more to stay at home than to work.

Today's hearing is another failure of this committee to address the key questions that the Biden administration, congressional Democrats, and the mainstream media refuse to discuss.