It was an honor to nominate these young Alabamians for an appointment, and I have full faith that they’ll continue to make our state and country proud.

Are we ahead or behind them? Mr. Hodges, you might wanna—

If you buy it in a grocery store, basically if you’re not on the coast, you’re eating shrimp that comes from sewers from Vietnam, from Cambodia. I mean, it’s atrocious.

Thank you, Commissioners, for being here. Let’s start where you just finished. How safe do we feel about the ingredients in pharmaceuticals from China? And how can we depend on that safety?

So, we just pretty much take it for granted that they’re gonna do the right thing. Right? Because we don’t make it much here, right?

Mr. Miller, it seems like we’ve either denied it or [agreed] that China is ahead of us in crypto. What’s the consequences of that if we don’t adjust one way or the other?

If we wanna fix 80% of the problems without the federal government getting into it, [we should pass my bill that says] you’ve got five years [of eligibility] to play five [consecutive years] and one transfer. No waivers.

College sports is facing a five-alarm fire. It’s getting ready to be over with as we know it. We do not have time to waste.

Congress should not run college sports. That’s the first thing I wanna say. We cannot run college sports.

Mr. President, I wanna bring up a subject today that’s close and near to my heart. Four things that made this country strong—made it the best country in the world is God, family, military, and sports.

College athletics should be a pathway to a degree, a meaningful career in a better future long after the final whistle blows.

Our job isn’t to chase every new trend. Our job is to figure out what works, what doesn’t, and what’s best for students, parents, and teachers.