We stand with the people of Lebanon. We stand with the people of Iran.

As long as China benefits one penny from this institution, it is an attack on the national security of the United States.

I want to thank the chairman for holding this markup on these important issues, commend the authors on their bills and their leadership, and I am a cosponsor in each of the bills that are before us.

Cryptocurrency either doesn't work, in which case investors lose a lot of money, or it does achieve its objectives perhaps and displaces the U.S. dollar.

What may have actually happened is the Turks threatened us with war and we blinked.

I would not vote for an AUMF saying America should go to war with Turkey over the control of a 30-kilometer strip across Syria.

The role of the U.S. dollar saves the average American family $1,000 in interest costs.

Donald Trump said crypto assets can facilitate unlawful behavior, including the drug trade.

It would be a terrible mistake and anything Congress--but let's move on.

There is no way to make a billion dollars for a private individual. There is no way to get stock options for a private individual.

It works. It produces huge profits. It produces low interest rates. It is a far better real estate finance system than any I am aware of anywhere in the world.

We currently have a system that is the envy of the world, with ordinary working people able to buy, who borrow hundreds of thousands of dollars at pretty low rates.