I would be a no vote on the provision embedded in this amendment that creates first and second class States for purposes of the INFRA Program.

At this point, it appears that the department has not made a real decision on whether or not President Trump committed obstruction of justice, and we are entitled, I think, to that decision and to a credible defense of it.

I will commit to you today to call Ali Mayorkas again today and raise the concern, and to continue to raise the concern in the administration.

When I was a kid in Rhode Island, they did not call that 'payday lending.' They called it 'loan sharking.'

I share your deep disappointment, to say the least.

here we go again. Just a few weeks ago, the Senate debated Vanita Gupta's nomination for Associate Attorney General, so let's review the bidding from that. Gupta was eminently qualified for her role. She had support from the foremost law…

We are already hard at work putting together our plans in anticipation of potentially receiving $52 billion for semiconductor supply chain.

We expect, very soon, to be getting this money out the door, both the--particularly the $750 million for travel and tourism.

It made no sense not to just clear the air of this, go with the judge's decision with the department and every reason to pursue it.

I think we have to stop this.

We are trying to get the money to where it is needed most and where people were hardest hit.

my colleagues have expressed overwhelming confidence in this bill, and I don't think that confidence will be eroded through more careful consideration by the committee. I think, in fact, the committee process will allow us to incorporate…

They moved quickly to remove Liz Cheney from a leadership position in their conference because she had the audacity to tell the truth, to call out the big lie.

I see no evidence whatsoever in the Democratic Caucus or in the Democratic Party of anti-Semitism at all.

This is a person who has said the most outrageous anti-Semitic things, comparing the death of six million Jews to following the public health guidance of the attending physician is an outrage.

Kevin McCarthy has lost control of his caucus.

let me also thank the ranking member for his comments. I agree that our committee has a long tradition of fulsome debate during committee markup of the annual Defense bill. It is a hallmark of our committee. It ensures that everyone's…

It's disgraceful. I mean, as you said, it took them five days, it should have taken them five minutes.