In the end, these tariffs are not a tax on foreign steel and aluminum producers, but rather a tax on American citizens and businesses.

I ask unanimous consent that notwithstanding rule XXII and the order of March 1, the confirmation vote on the Doughty nomination occur following the cloture vote on the motion to proceed to S. 2155, with all other provisions of the…

We have problems. This Committee is hearing testimony because the Department of the Interior manages over 500 million acres of surface land.

I just want to congratulate you and welcome you to the Committee. These are tough jobs, and you are very qualified, and I intend to support you.

That's something that brings me, sort of keeps me up at night at how we respond.

I'm extremely concerned about the disparity between our industries.

I'm very confident the U.S. Government has a response if a major cyberattack were to occur.

the United States can play a huge role in working with our allies to stabilize, geopolitically, this world if we are smart on how we actually do it.

today marks nearly 2 weeks since the murder of 17 students and staff in Parkland, FL. May today also mark the moment that we resolved to do something about school violence. May it mark the moment that left and right determined to lay aside…

Is it--I am told that sometimes these investigators are--they have quite a bit of leeway in what they go forward and what they look at.

As I understand it, in Section 1002 of Dodd-Frank, it explicitly gives the CFPB the authority to exempt credit unions from certain regulations and smaller institutions.

the consumer is the loser in that scenario

it has been told to me that we are losing a number of these smaller institutions, and that concerns me

As a former small business owner, I am aware of the difficulty of complying with some of these regulations and having the staff to meet those compliances.

Sometimes we make a decision that if we are giving Homeland Security the ability of making these kinds of decisions on local communities, aren't we already doing that with the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture?

Before I begin, I want to express on behalf of the committee the sadness we all feel in light of yesterday's events in Florida.

Last month, as a result of countless hours of work by this committee, Congress passed and the President signed a 6-year CHIP extension.

I would like to close by urging Congress to consider and pass legislation that would solve these very real problems.