"we have $31 trillion in debt. The Federal Government has lost hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars, to fraud, abuse and waste."
"the Inflation Reduction Act... was touted as the Green New Deal, the biggest climate... bill ever in the history of the United States."
"it is more important now that Congress does something about stopping this wasteful spending."
"I sit on the Science, Space, Technology Committee as well, and we have been talking small modular reactors."
"Are you aware of the plan to refill our reserves? What does that plan look like?"
"I would say a mediocre fighter pilot at best, but thank you for the flattery."
"I would just encourage us all to keep looking at this as these are green shoots and, I think, very important options for us."
"What is preventing--I mean, we are at $70, I think, today."
"When do you anticipate we get back to sort of 2021, 2022 reserve levels, before the sell-off?"
"If I can with the 5 seconds, is there a high-fidelity plan that you can share with us?"
"I think we have compelled Xi Jinping to maybe delay aspirations for annexing Taiwan in a similar fashion as a result of what he has witnessed coming out of Europe now with this."
"This hearing may seem timely, especially after this report, but let's not forget that to this day, the United States has not acknowledged or apologized for its actions during the Boarding School Era."