We want these buses manufactured in the United States, and the more that we can have the components for these buses, including microchips, also manufactured in the United States, I think we are going to be much better off.

This is an extremely dangerous court. And we saw that and this that needs to be an issue in this campaign, not just abortion.

Democrats should stop complaining and get to work. That`s how you win elections. You know, stop working against ourselves, and instead, get out the vote.

It's our responsibility to serve veterans as well as they have served us no matter who they are, where they are from, or the status of their citizenship.

Miigwech, Senator Smith, for holding this hearing in Indian Country, and for your support of our initiatives.

This place that is now called Minnesota is the ancestral home of the Dakota and Anishinaabe people, and other indigenous people, who have lived in and cared for this beautiful part of the world for millennia.

Is it true that regulatory barriers at a local level are impeding or are partly to blame for the problem with the housing supply across the country?

Again, as I mentioned in my opening statement, inflation is at 8.6 percent and Americans actually need solutions right now.

Today, Americans are being punched in the face with 8.6 percent inflation.

Yet, here we are. My Democrat colleagues don't seem to recognize that Congress' careless spending without regard for real solutions has made it harder for Americans to save up for a home.

Here is the reality. Prices are through the roof. Gas is up. Groceries are up. Housing is up.

Listen, over the past few months my Democrat colleagues continue to find a scapegoat for inflation.

It is clear that today's hearing is nothing more than the Majority's attempt to use institutional investors as a scapegoat.

Thank you very much, Chair Larsen. I appreciate that.

I remember quite well, leaders, the many conversations we had between the CARES Act and the American Rescue Plan, which I think was an example of a significant improvement in terms of providing direct funding.

I take this work seriously, because I have heard time and again from tribal leaders who have been frustrated by policy decisions being made without Native voices at the table.

Senator Al Franken highlighted the importance of addressing the needs of tribal schools, especially Bug-O-Nay-Ge-Shig.

It is meaningful to convene this Committee hearing on the sovereign lands of the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community and I thank the Tribe for their generosity in hosting us.