This hearing is called to order. Welcome to the hearing.

As I said in my opening statement, I will get on that bill and try to find a pay-for for it and get it across the finish line.

Amen. Thank you.

Many businesses that I talk to that have had the kids do not want to be on the farm because you get so much more done.

Older Americans play such a critical role throughout the economy.

We urge you to take up this legislation and help fix this travesty.

That would be an unmitigated disaster for our entire nation because you do not reinvent the American farmer.

Enough is enough.

I want to have you tell us, in your own life, inflation has never been as bad as it is now.

That is not good.

You are giving them fish rather than teaching them to fish, and that is an unmitigated disaster for our country if we do not teach work ethic.

I do not think that is going away, and we need to do a better job of that here in Indiana.

I would suggest get the grants from places that will have them available, dependably, and that is from entities that cash-flow and do not borrow to do it.

The Greatest Generation, that grew up in the Depression, fought a World War, highest debt we ever had, paid it off, built the interstate highways.

43 percent of Americans retired... are thinking about coming out of retirement.

As Senator Braun and all of us have pointed out, that is not the case.

Why, if there is nothing broken, would you try to fix it?

I led a bicameral letter with 67 of my colleagues, including Tim Scott, Marco Rubio, Rick Scott, who came in when I did back in 2018, objecting to the then-proposed rule which would cost hundreds of thousands of jobs and over $30 billion…