"We are trying to do our duty as Members of the legislative branch in providing oversight."
"I also am interested in talking to you about how anyone could possibly conclude that having Department employees own stock in the same companies that they regulate is not a conflict of interest."
"I hope to hear today that the Department of Energy is bucking this historical trend and working hard to ensure that doesn't occur here."
"It is still important for Congress to know why the Department has not provided substantive responses to our letter and how the Department could conclude that Department employees holding individual st..."
"I have--there are electric snowblowers that are available. I have used those electric snowblowers, and I assure you that they're adequate for a couple of inches of snow but not 5 feet of snow."
"the vast majority of the manufacturers of equipment that's compliant with the rule are foreign manufacturers, and there are hardly any, if any, domestic manufacturers that have equipment that is compl..."
"you have proposed a 19 percent expansion in the EPA's budget, and I find that a little puzzling given the fact that under the IRA and the IIJA the EPA has received over a thousand percent increase in ..."
"I think sometimes we forget about the fact that when we allow this patchwork of regulation to exist with 50 different laws and 50 different States, it is very destructive to entrepreneurialism."
"I represent an extremely rural district, and the problems that my constituents have in accessing broadband are exacerbated by the fact that over 90 percent of the land mass of my district is in public..."
"Unfortunately, what we are experiencing is that in many occurrences the Federal agencies involved take more than 270 days to process those permits, and unfortunately, there are no penalties or consequ..."
"My bill would deem approval for any application for broadband infrastructure across public lands that has been pending for more than 270 days."
"it was an abuse of power by the Federal Government and in particular by Tony Fauci and Francis Collins"