we are looking at a time where every tax dollar that is spent should come under scrutiny.

It is a perfect example of the absurd arguments that are being made to increase the out-of-control spending.

You are paying five times as much for long-term care services as veterans as you need to be.

The Inflation Reduction Act raises the loan authority for green energy by $350 billion. That is a lot of Solyndras.

Inflation has been hurting small businesses across the country, and for contractors I fear that this issue has an even more larger impact.

Small business plays a vital role in America's industrial base and national security apparatus.

Unfortunately, the number of small businesses contracting with the federal government has been decreasing for the last decade.

If enacted, it would prohibit DHS from contracting with any nongovernmental organization to transport or shelter ``inadmissible aliens.'' What is that? This language would prevent ICE from being able to contract with private companies that…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, this bears an important, absolute, and imperative necessity of a little walk down memory lane. In actuality, the American people really want to uphold her values, the values that they have…

We have a tremendous need for materials to facilitate the green economy, to sustain our national security, to sustain our way of life.

Well, I wish I could say that was the case all over the country, but it definitely wasn't.

We need these export programs. I know how important things like FMD and MAP are.

We need these export programs. I know how important things like FMD and MAP are.

These programs not only represent cornerstones of developing economies, but also of U.S. foreign policy.

These programs not only represent cornerstones of developing economies, but also of U.S. foreign policy. They represent lifelines to opportunity.

As a Texan, I get it. In Texas we export more than any other state, so believe me when I say I hear you all, we need these export programs.

The focus of today's hearing should be the mismanagement of these banks by their executives in the years leading up to the collapse, in tandem with the Trump-era deregulation that enabled this mismanagement to fester.

In Texas we export more than any other state, so believe me when I say I hear you all, we need these export programs.