Barry Loudermilk

I think this is a good amendment, and we can, on a bipartisan basis, agree on this.

I was in a special election. I was replaced.

I appreciate Mr. Kilmer bringing this up.

I agree with my colleague from Alabama. That is why the State of Georgia, with Senate Bill 202, fixed this problem.

This amendment amends the Higher Education Act, which is not within our jurisdiction.

I urge my colleagues to support this amendment.

Look, as I have said before in other hearings, transparency and accountability are important to the American people.

I oppose the massive amendment that is sitting on our desk.

First of all, as I brought up Senate Bill 202 reduced the problems within the lines.

Now, my calculation, that is about a 300-percent increase. Now, I know the entire Nation has been affected by the out-of-control Biden-flation that we have right now.

Substance abuse is an issue impacting Americans across the country, and I encourage all who struggle with this to seek help.

I look forward to bringing accountability and transparency to an office that has historically operated in the dark.

I have a bill that I have introduced every Congress, and I will be introducing again I believe this week or next, which is a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution that requires Congress to balance within 10 years.

I think we need a Constitutional amendment to force us to do that, and I think we can get there.

I supported what you were doing in the legislature because I think it was going in the right direction.

I just want to make sure that we are not missing something that we are looking into.

I am focused on identifying the security failures leading up to and on January 6, 2021.

I do not think there has been a real effort to really look at what happened, not to cast blame, but to rebuild in a way that will never happen again.

This is not a political issue, and I am sure my Democratic friends are willing to engage in a fair and factual assessment.

In this culture that we live in is to punish people who do not agree with you politically.

I have heard from constituents myself they are afraid to get involved in politics, and this has just come about in the last 3 to 4 years.

Basically, do the job that you already have appropriately before you start taking on more responsibilities or you are just going to fail on those?

Considering the Federal Reserve supervisors failed to anticipate obvious systemic risks directly related to their own response to rapid inflation, do you believe it is appropriate that they continue pursuing other major supervisory…

I am moving forward with legislation to increase those thresholds.

How is that a problem? I mean, is not it important that you have some form of verified identification?