They are watching, and we should be watching.

I believe we have got to keep up this effort after the United States withdraws.

I have repeatedly raised concerns about the inclusion of women in the Afghan peace process and, of course, about the preservation of women's rights in Afghanistan.

It should not require courage to stand up for basic human rights like Fatima Khalil or Freshta Kohistani both did.

I have introduced bipartisan, bicameral legislation, along with Senator Collins, to modernize and expand energy efficiency tax incentives.

Thank you for your service, for your expertise, and for your testimony today.

I would love to see that progress, not pause but accelerate in 2021.

I suggest that those tax credits should be eliminated as we transfer to clean energy tax incentives.

If I had a second year added to it by a biennial, I would be able to take the projects and draw a timeline of people and dollars, and make sure that they were spent according to it, and hold people accountable to a two-year increment.

COVID-19 has really highlighted the importance of childcare, the need for our country to do better.

Thank you, Mr. Chair and Ranking Member Crapo, for holding this hearing.

I worry that this reality is only going to escalate after our departure.

I will not support any efforts that will allow them to continue to commit these horrific acts without any accountability for their behavior.

I have advocated for a biennial budgeting cycle where Congress would determine and appropriate the budget in one year

Legacy systems represent a security risk. They are not good at meeting our mission needs.

I think one criterion to change this is to start to think from the outside in, from the point of view of the customer.

The longer we wait to modernize, the longer we procrastinate, the more it is going to cost.

I thank Chairman Pallone for yielding. Madam Speaker, I rise today and urge the swift passage of H.R. 2630. This legislation will save American lives by getting deadly chemical fentanyl analogues off our streets and allowing law…