it's probably time, or past time, to get back to an adult conversation among elected officials about getting the Federal Government back on a sustainable fiscal path.

Expensive liberal policies, not climate change, are much to blame for these market dynamics.

I have been for closing those loopholes.

The majority refuses to write a budget, or work together to curb reckless Washington spending.

I have not been as successful as I would like to be.

I have been for closing those loopholes.

Climate change isn't the primary driver of insurance rates hikes, and collapse of the insurance industry isn't imminent.

Insurance isn't a partisan issue. Mitigation and resilience is not a partisan issue.

Yeah. We don't have a budget resolution for 2025.

Last year's debt limit deal explicitly said that a deemer does not prevent Congress from doing a real budget resolution for 2025.

65 percent of Americans report that entrenched inflation has made their financial situation worse off under the Biden administration.

President Biden and the majority would like us all to ignore our exploding $34 trillion debt.

If the majority get their way, Americans can expect to pay much more to put gas in their cars, and to heat their homes.

I have been a strong advocate for higher reference prices.

A deemer has none of the basic contents of a congressional budget required under Section 301 of the Budget Act.

If the Federal Government is going to remain ready to respond to the natural disasters and national emergencies, we have to have the capability of doing that, and it seems to me that begs to put the nation's fiscal house in order.

I have not been as successful as I would like to be.

How has the Biden administration's economic leadership failed to help our economy, and what can this Committee do to get our economy back on track?

Inflation has become embedded in the economy, and the historic levels of borrowing by the Federal Government are crowding out the private sector.

I have been a strong advocate for higher reference prices.

I have been for closing those loopholes.

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