Brad Sherman

I do believe that abortion takes the life of a child and wounds many women--harms many women, and the public funding for overseas abortion, i.e., the Helms amendment, the prohibition is strongly backed by the American people.

Do you feel that Federal legislation is warranted to deal with the financial and legal fallout?

We now face another systemic crisis that is, certainly, not at the same level of COVID.

In 2008, the financial system caused a horrendous crisis that devastated our country.

One other way to do this is with an airship, and I hope that the Department of Energy would focus on the ability to use a buoyancy control airship.

I do want to--so I look forward to working with you on this, and I want to commend to you, and I will get to your office, the documentary 'In the Dark of the Valley'.

I would like to know whether we can count on you to use the Department of Energy to comply with the 2007 consent decree.

I want to thank all of my colleagues for participating in this hearing.

We have gone through 2 great domestic crises in the last 2 decades. In 2008, the crisis was caused by the financial system. This most recent crisis, the financial system didn't cause it. It was caused by a virus.

If you enter into an unfair contract with China, please don't repay.

Isn't that fundamentally illegal?

I would much rather the competition be who can do the most to help poor countries and to compete for their votes at the U.N.

What I am suggesting would just be an option for a country to use.

We do have control of the agencies.

You are a very good diplomat. You are very persuasive.

What they do on the ground is more important than what they say.

We all know climate change is not free, it is not going to pay for itself.

The only confidence I have is the U.S. dollar is an outstanding good currency, but cryptocurrencies, if they succeed, will have unique appeal to only two groups: narco-terrorists; and tax evaders.

But now it ought to be part of permanent law, not just law for 1 year, and that is why I hope this year's NDAA specifies that Presidents cannot spend money in contravention of the War Powers Act.

Congress needs to act on the AUMFs [authorizations for the use of military force], but we also have to act to make sure that the War Powers Act is as constitutionally binding on the President.

Sir, existing law deprived them of citizenship and set them up for murder.

But that's a very, very low standard.

I want to point out that Congress provided about $135 million of assistance to Burma.

I have never seen more than a handful of Members vote against a disaster relief bill.

Military deployments are very expensive, and that is why I am pleased that so much of our discussion today has focused on ways to confront China without those deployments.