I thank the Witnesses for coming today. Again, I express my gratitude to Chair Sheila Jackson Lee.

For decades now America has faced increasing crisis of gun violence.

We should all be sick and tired of gun violence and violence by weapons of war.

J.D. Looks like a young Abraham Lincoln, but he's from Ohio, like General Grant.

this is a clear and present danger. It is ongoing.

You need -- it seems to me -- excuse the lecture, to concentrate on what the news is today, not a leaked draft. But the fact that the draft was leaked.

The leak was a terrible thing. It just not used to death for the Supreme Court. It was very shocking.

Yes, I agree with the president. Yes.

They were provoked by the President and other powerful people.

He should have immediately denounced the mob when he saw what was unfolding.

Absolutely. In fact, what words can I use, shameful, sinful?

I mean, Republican Senator Ron Johnson of Wisconsin was ahead of the curve on this one.

As I stated then, this is a leadership issue--and we will lead.

100 percent of my focus is on standing up to this administration.

To those who say we must make a choice between the filibuster and X, I say, this is a false choice.

And the people of Hong Kong are suffering as we speak because of it.

The Bolsonaro regime has rolled back some of the environmental enforcement.

It is clear the Chinese Communist Party does not care about the environment, but they have proven time and again they cannot be trusted.