The Department of Navy's budget request reflects the enormity of the mission that you have to protect America.

The reason they recommend we do it, the reason why I think we should do it, is the connection between mental health disorder, including suicide, and what clinicians call gender dysphoria is a very tight connection.

I understand the importance of this provision to not only Representative Scalise, but also to my colleague on the Subcommittee, Representative Garret Graves.

Mr. President, if there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask that it stand adjourned under the previous order. There being no objection, the Senate, at 6:30 p.m., adjourned until Tuesday, February 28, 2023, at 10 a.m…

I pray to God the next time I appear before you that we have reduced this number, because if we don't, we won't meet our hiring targets.

We think there would be a real impact on both.

If we go back to fiscal year 2022, that would be about a $565 million cut on the major construction account in fiscal year 2024.

This is a really heartbreaking case.

It could have unintended impacts on our freedom of speech or commerce by law-abiding American companies and individuals and the activities of allied nations.

Welcome, everyone, to the Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee's first legislative hearing of this 118th Congress.

Although we may disagree at times, our Subcommittee leadership has always operated in a bipartisan fashion.

I would like to acknowledge our new Ranking Member, Representative Ocasio-Cortez.

It would be counter our values to ban a platform for free speech be it one from China, from any other country or, frankly, one domestically.

I did support the President's budget when it came forward. It was smaller, but the President also had a lot of cost savings in it.

Thank you. Dr. Trish, my bill with Senator Grassley, the Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act, passed out of the Judiciary Committee for a second time last week.

Thank you. Dr. Trish, my bill with Senator Grassley, the Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act, passed out of the Judiciary Committee for a second time last week.

Thank you very much, Senator Cantwell. And thank you for this hearing.

Thank you very much, Senator Cantwell. And thank you for this hearing.