we cannot afford to cave in to CCP demands that private creditors should be ignored in debt restructuring negotiations.

that is why we passed the Taiwan Non-Discrimination Act, and we are hoping that you will work with us and fully support Taiwan's membership in the IMF.

President Biden also promised in an ABC News interview just a few days after the Taliban takeover of Kabul that, if there are American citizens left, we're going to stay until we get them all out.

I disagree. To this date, we're still unclear on how many Americans were left behind in Afghanistan.

I am proud to see H.R. 7409, the 'Harnessing Energy At Thermal Sources Act' or the 'HEATS Act' considered in today's hearing.

Since the disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan, under the Biden Administration, all hard-fought progress and basic freedoms and rights for Afghan women have vanished.

I want to thank you so much for everything that you're doing and I'm really looking forward to full implementation of AUKUS.

I am a proud co-sponsor of H.R. 7152, Divided Families National Registry Act.

I am proud to see that H.R. 6994, the Restoring Our Unopened Trails for Enjoyment and Safety Act--in short, the ROUTES Act--is being considered in today's hearing.

I want to thank the Committee for considering my bill, H.R. 6994, and I also want to thank Representative LaMalfa for co-leading this bill with me.

Thank you, Chairman Tiffany and Ranking Member Neguse for holding this hearing, and I want to thank Chairman Westerman and your staff for your leadership on the issues before us today.