I regret the inconvenience.

I request the witnesses keep their opening remarks to no more than 5 minutes, and that members respect the same time limit for their questioning.

NNSA is undertaking a strategic review of the Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation's mission, organization, scope of efforts, and integration with other parts of NNSA, among other things.

This hearing will come to order. I would like to begin by thanking our distinguished panel of witnesses.

I totally agree with the Ranking Member that this is the struggle, is to restore the balances of power.

there was some sobering data that came out from the CDC last week. It was a new set of preliminary data on overdose deaths. Last year, we lost almost 108,000 people to the ravages of drug abuse. Almost 4,000 of those 108,000 were…

I want the experts at NNSA to make the decision based on the best information available while following all applicable laws and regulations.

the Louisiana House Committee voted for a bill that will allow the state to charge people who have abortions with homicide.

I am here today to discuss worrying developments in Mexico--one of the United States most important international partners and our neighbor to the south. The nearly 2,000-mile border that our nations share, both binds us together and…

I appreciate the insight and the enthusiasm for antitrust law and even for this legislation that has been expressed by my friend and distinguished colleague, the Senator from Minnesota. She and I have been partners on a number of things…

the State Antitrust Enforcement Venue Act is a much needed reform that would put State attorneys general bringing antitrust suits under the Federal antitrust law on equal footing alongside Federal antitrust enforcement personnel by…

the term clean energy transition is nothing more than a Soviet style propaganda and completely untrue

I really appreciated Mr. DeFazio's comments. He is passionate, and apparently there are problems within the freight industry.

They continue writing me about increasing difficulty that they have on the job.

the only thing that I really wanted to talk about. [...] they ought to be doing more than the minimum to bolster their workforce, care for their employees, and to help the rail industry in general.

But, apparently, the Washington elite news or, correction, elites' answer appears to be throwing billions of U.S. taxpayer dollars into the wind in corrupt foreign places in an effort to make themselves feel better.

I wonder how have these Federal mandates improved or worsened the crisis.

And this driver of rapid deforestation is only going to grow in intensity as the misguided push away from fossil fuels before its time should be continues.