Many say that we are saving less and less for retirement, and that fewer and fewer Americans, especially lower income Americans, have access to retirement savings accounts.

It could not have been a more inappropriate message. One, to sanction to people of character as they did. But number two, to suggest that a violent attack on the seat of democracy's legitimate political discourse, it's so far from accurate…

Anything that my party does that comes across as being stupid is not going to help us.

I appreciate your comments and do share your frustration with the lack of consultation from this Administration on management decisions.

Shame falls on a party that would censure persons of conscience.

Shame falls on a party that would censure persons of conscience, who seek truth in the face of vitriol. Honor attaches to Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger for seeking truth, even when doing so comes at great personal cost.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. And we have heard a lot of talk about grazing and cattle, but, Mr. Meier, I want to talk a little bit about the poultry industry.

What is happening there is unacceptable.

44 million people are one step away from famine.

this is not going to go away until we sort out the root causes.

we have climate shocks.

each day reveals more dire news from Ukraine.

We simply cannot keep going on spending trillions of dollars more than we take in without suffering high rates of inflation into the future and potentially losing our lead in the world.

We need to increase the capacity in our highways or we are not going to see the economic growth which we projected as being part of this bill.

There is a common characteristic of civilizations in decline and that ultimately collapse, and that is that they end up spending far more than they take in.

This direction flies in the face of our intent and our needs.

He’s got to recognize that, when he was elected, people were not looking for him to transform America. They were looking to get back to normal, to stop the crazy.

I urge this committee and my Senate colleagues to support Meg Whitman's swift confirmation.