Byron Donalds

Allowing unchecked migration and turning a blind eye to record cartel profits is unconscionable but that's the tragic reality we face.

Advocating for the implementation of meaningful immigration reform is NOT 'racist'.

Joe Biden needs to secure the border. Enough is enough. He can do it tomorrow. He could do it today.

I thank the gentleman from Utah, our new vice chairman, and congratulate him, as well. Mr. Speaker, President Biden consistently has stated that he never discussed business with Hunter Biden's associates. This is a lie. Let me repeat that…

The Chinese are not playing the regulatory rubric game that we have done to ourselves here in the United States.

Do we need a regulatory overhaul to help accomplish the critical minerals needs for the electrification desires or dreams, I would say, of the President of the United States?

Demand for graphite, copper, nickel, lithium, and cobalt will rise substantially over the next two decades.

The Biden Administration's electrification goals require at least a 62 percent increase in cobalt and a 590 percent increase in graphite.

I would argue that what Congress asked for under the Dodd-Frank Act was ridiculous, but that was another time.

Where does the CFPB get the additional authority to make a rule around this or to expand that definition?

I think that if Congress actually takes its article on power seriously, which I think we should, we should go through and review a whole host of financial regulatory statutes.

The one thing I would vehemently stress is we should not be assigning strict liability standards to any of these institutions.

We should be in support of this amendment for one very important reason: The CFPB is unconstitutional. It is an agency that was given legislative powers through Dodd-Frank, one of the worst pieces of financial regulatory legislation ever…

$2 trillion deficit, $33 trillion in debt, and Washington just wants to continue to grow. Mr. Speaker, 20 percent inflation year over year is crippling every family in our country, and 8 percent mortgage rates are squeezing our real estate…

A couple of things. Number one, the regulatory mission and the enforcement mission for the CFTC has not been encumbered in any way over the last several years, so cutting their spending back at a time when the American taxpayer does not…

My amendment in short does something very simple. It actually reduces the funding requirement for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission back to FY 2018 levels. In short, Mr. Chairman, the job of the CFTC has been operating for a very…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 69, line 14, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $96,000,000)''. Page 119, line 20, after…

I did not hear an argument as to why $250 million needs to be spent for the Foreign Agriculture Service. What I heard, Mr. Chairman, was talk about the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act which, by the way, has yielded more tax revenue to the Federal…

Let's be very clear. What we are talking about is moving the requested number for this appropriation down $23.4 million. In 2019, we spent $213,000,890 on the Foreign Agriculture Service. All we are saying is move it back to that line. The…

I will be brief. My amendment does one simple thing, it actually restores the funding for the Foreign Agriculture Service to fiscal year 2019 levels. In short, Mr. Chairman, our government spends a lot of money, and we are not even sure if…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 60, line 20, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $23,440,000)''. Page 119, line 20, after…

I do think that there are some levels of transparency that we need to find around this because we should not be using the civil litigation system to create policy that, frankly, belongs here in the halls of Congress and in state capitals…

I think it is important to first note out for the record that the use of 'dark money', especially since 2020, has actually been dominated by my colleagues on the other side of the aisle.

And I will say I do agree with you there with respect to Director Guthrie, you know, his work here was exemplary, and I want to state that for the record.

I would like to thank our Federal delegation, especially Representative Byron Donalds, who helped us make today's event possible.