Since the Goldman Act was enacted there has been a decline in the number of American children abducted overseas and that is a good news story.

I thank you, and it is very important that we fund you so that you have the ability to do this important work.

When I am back home in Rhode Island, one of the top issues that I hear about from my constituents is the price of food, which is too high for working people.

The threat emanating from China is from the CCP as they have become more aggressive in trying to undermine U.S. interests.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and NOAA play an absolutely essential role in protecting our natural environment, protecting species, and supporting American industry and small business.

Less water means less food, means higher prices, means more kids going hungry in my district and in districts across the country.

There's only one person in that room who was threatening to default on the credit of the United States.

Unfortunately, we meet this morning in the shadow of the Republican Speaker's continuing threat to force a catastrophic U.S. default.

We heard unchallenged testimony from Moody's Chief Economist that the MAGA plan would cost the American economy almost 800,000 jobs and increase the chance of a recession.

If the function of lowering business taxes is to reward and induce investment that create jobs, then I can get behind that.

I think if we're going to do this, we've got to come up with a budget reform that moves us to a stable, sensible debt to GDP.

I believe he can, and I hope he will, step up, raise his hand, and say, 'That's the end of the special treatment for Supreme Court Justices.'

Let's make this a 'can.' We really do need those 30 gigawatts; we really do need these jobs.

If the purpose of lower business taxes is to windfall to CEOs and shareholders stock buybacks and increase compensation, then I don't support that.

I think if we're going to do this, we've got to come up with a budget reform that moves us to a stable, sensible debt to GDP.

I then called on him to rescue the reputation of the Court by simply taking action to respond to this well-documented outrage.

There's only one person in that room who was threatening to default on the credit of the United States.

I promise you Ranking Member Grassley, hearings in the future, on ways to save healthcare costs that don't require benefit cuts.