I missed a vote on H.R. 654, The Drug Free Communities Pandemic Relief Act, due to a timing conflict, as I was questioning witnesses at a Select Committee on the Climate Crisis hearing during the time of the vote. Had I been present, I…

We used to have the Voting Rights Act, which was a mechanism DOJ could use to keep these overly restrictive, overly suppressive laws from going into effect.

Energy policy in Europe is a disaster. They are relying on Russian gas, which is dirtier.

You know, I have to say that I am deeply concerned about the subject of today's hearing.

The hypocrisy is glaring on this when we have the gas here and we are trying to put wind turbines offshore.

My time has expired, but it goes to the importance of the testimony you all are providing today.

The testimonial subpoena, we put guardrails in place for a reason, because we think this is a power that could be abused.

Inspectors General are essential to good government. I think everybody understands and agrees with that.

Does it concern you that, given what we are seeing in Europe, that the movement to quote 'keep it in the ground' coupled with a rush to renewables could raise energy prices and risk grid reliability here at home in America?

I am just curious, what is the vulnerability of offshore wind to cyber and physical attacks?

I think the windmill hearing could have waited.

I got vilified because I just wanted to treat the wind industry fairly with the Migratory Bird Treaty Act.

Imagine next year, you`re a Republican candidate running for Congress in the Senate and... somebody comes up to the street and says hey, I`ve been getting this child tax credit now for a couple of years. It`s made all the difference in the…

One thing seems to be pretty much certain in this economy: no matter what happens to most Americans--a financial crisis, a global pandemic--Wall Street will find a way to profit off of everybody else's pain.

private equity firms with access to cheap cash were waiting to scoop them up.

As families watched their dreams crumble, Wall Street--no surprise--found new opportunities to profit from the devastation it created.

no matter what happens to most Americans--a financial crisis, a global pandemic--Wall Street finds a way to profit off of everybody else's pain.

This is the most important thing I`ve ever done in my career is getting the child tax credit. I worked on it for eight years.