Today's hearing comes at a pivotal time in the ongoing efforts to fortify declining vaccine confidence, one of the greatest public health challenges of our time.

Acknowledge the overwhelming evidence-based science and recognize how COVID-19 vaccines protect and save millions of lives.

Words matter. And what we say here today will have significance ramifications on whether millions of Americans will continue to place their trust in safe and effective vaccines including the COVID-19 vaccine.

That just adds to the concern because now, you've got former president of the United States inviting Putin to attack another NATO country if they aren't somehow fulfilling their 2 percent pledge, it's crazy.

It just -- it strikes me that what the chairman was trying to do perhaps was to try to send a wake-up call to both the Speaker and his Republican colleagues, that Russia still remains very much a threat to the United States.

Make no mistake about it, that would be an act of war because it would threaten our national security.

Well, look, I think one of the worst messages the United States is sending right now to the world and to Russia is, our delaying the supplemental request in terms of military aid to Ukraine, to Israel, to Taiwan, and what's essentially…

I think the House, both the Speaker, the Republicans, the Democrats, have to come together to now move this supplemental. It is critical to the message we send to the world about U.S. world leadership.

Having spent 28 years on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and 28 years on this committee, I want to commend our witnesses and the agencies they represent, since our ability to impose sanctions and economic penalties is such a critical…

As the chief Democrat on our Capital Markets Subcommittee, I have to comment on what a government shutdown would mean.

I would join with the chairman on a concern for civil liberties because we may be seeing Trump 2.0 in the White House.

You need to be there. And I will finally point out that there are only thousands of transactions every day in Bitcoin, tens of thousands.

If we fail to provide that money does that degrade our national security in the South Pacific?

I am looking forward to him supporting my delisting of the gray wolf.

The ESA has become a one-size-fits-all approach to species management.

My legislation builds upon the section 4(d) rules and gives the agencies authority to follow the same process for species that are listed as endangered under the ESA.

This policy isn't only being pushed by Republicans or industry.

We greatly appreciate the leadership of Representative Fischbach, Representative LaMalfa and Representative Thompson for the introduction of the HEN Act.