This was a way to ensure that when we use taxpayer dollars, that those dollars were spent for the highest quality work.

Are we concerned that maybe we are putting too much money towards grants movement that way that is going to shortchange us long term?

I think it is important to underscore just what a wide gap exists there, and we must maximize every dollar that we can.

There is going to be more and more pressure to cut discretionary dollars because nobody really wants to touch the mandatory spending, which is what really is driving the debt.

In order to maintain robust clean water infrastructure now and in the future, a robust and effective program is critical.

Even by congressional standards, these investments are expensive and cannot be handled by simply authorizing and appropriating the same or larger amounts of federal funds.

According to EPA's last 'Clean Water Needs Survey' report to Congress in 2016, the total documented needs for sustainable wastewater infrastructure... are at least $270 billion over the next two decades.

I am excited to hear from the members of this panel on the issues communities are facing in addressing the nation's water and wastewater infrastructure needs.

In my home State of North Carolina alone, there is a documented need of $11 billion for clean water projects.

The Clean Water SRF program has allowed them to maintain their systems while they pursue long-term solutions.

the Securities and Exchange Commission's current approach to rulemaking jeopardizes the integrity of our financial markets and puts investors at risk.

Let me be clear, Chairman Gensler, our patience is wearing thin.

There is a critical need for comprehensive economic analysis of the rules you have proposed.

Your unresponsiveness is noncompliance, and we will have to take action if you are not willing to comply.

I am proud to be joining my colleague and friend in introducing a bill to examine how artificial intelligence will impact the financial sector and how we need to regulate this.

Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague for yielding. Mr. Speaker, the Biden Department of Education shares a distinct and familiar trait with every government agency in Washington right now: It has a habit of making crackpot decisions. One such…

Congressman Bill Johnson did an excellent job representing that constituency and bringing people to the table that my staff met with.

I think many Americans... believe that the $8 trillion that we spent in Afghanistan and Iraq didn't work out well.