It's only five stories high, only a couple of windows wide, clearly as Kent would say, the business was being done in Ugland House was monkey business, rather than real business.

Intimidation and violence toward any community in the United States by any nation-state is intolerable and unacceptable.

I was pleased to see President Biden directly address the Pannun murder plot by the Indian Government.

Thank you for your willingness to share your experiences and expertise with us today.

We must remain focused on preserving America's reputation as the beacon of hope and freedom to the world.

It takes incredible courage for you to come before us and speak out today against those who seek to silence and even kill those who dissent.

I think the high point was Senator Johnson's confidence that we may be able to find some bipartisan action here.

The plots against Ms. Alinejad and Mr. Pannun are horrific and unacceptable.

Thank you, Chairman Pfluger, for calling this important hearing.

My sincere hope is that every Senator here understands the significant incentives multinationals have over domestic companies by paying half the corporate rate on their overseas profits.

I hope that we can agree that allowing international tax shelters like that... is bad policy.

That kind of mischief ought to have no place in our tax code.

Last year was the hottest year on record. It set a new record for billion dollar disasters.

Insurance companies are already cutting their losses and exiting markets on the frontline of climate change.

We are talking about minerals that the American public owns that the oil and gas industry extracts and then sells back to us at inflated prices.

the oil and gas industry is keeping hundreds of billions of dollars of profits for their own pockets.

For the information of the Senate, there will be two rollcall votes at 2:30 p.m. today. I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Texas.

Unlike during the experience of 2007-2008, these homeowners will have no expectation that the values of their homes will ever recover.