First off, Congress has had a hearing on the origins of the coronavirus on July 14 in the Science Committee.

And actually, if Mark Zuckerberg's dreams come true, in a decade, we are all going to be wandering around in the metaverse.

It strikes me that there is a mistake that's often made on the other side of the aisle, to mistake speaking falsehoods rapidly for intelligence and truth.

As you take the reins of the CFPB, you are going to have to generate a workforce plan, and particularly in the area of a high-tech workforce plan to deal with AI and related issues.

If a scientist stands up and says something that they know is not true, it's a career-ending thing.

We must uphold these standards, and there should be consequences for not complying with transparency measures.

There are three functions of our capital markets--to allocate capital, to do so efficiently, and to control risk--

If we unilaterally start delisting China-based companies, do we risk triggering a regulatory race to the bottom?

I want to thank the Committee on Oversight and Reform for holding this hearing today and especially thank my colleague, Chairman Connolly, for leading the fight to resolve these mail delivery and the inadequacies in the Chicagoland area…

I have to say that there are things going on there that I do not recognize, and they seem to be directly antithetical to The Wisconsin Idea and everything it represents.

The Wisconsin tradition meant more than a simple belief in the people. It also meant faith in the application of intelligence and reason to the problems of society.

I want to urge every young person with an interest in STEM to have a look at Dr. Uccellini's career as an example of the good that they can do with their STEM skills to make our planet a better place.

Finding an appropriate balance between scientific openness and security concerns is not new, nor is it easy.

I have a bill, the End the Threat of Default Act, with over 50 House cosponsors, which will simply do just that.

We must also do all we can to protect the investment that American taxpayers are making in academic research and development.

I have to--I can't avoid this opportunity to give a shoutout to an act that we've been introducing for the last several Congresses, I believe, the Keep STEM Talent Act, to basically staple a green card to Ph.D. diplomas.

I urge everyone to continue thinking about putting pressure on the Senate to do the right thing and save tens of thousands American lives a year.

Maybe I'll start with just a simple question to Drs. Kanter, McKenney, and Roberts.

it would seem to be the bare minimum to demonstrate that they give a damn.

what you're going to have to get to is sort of an identifier for people, some unique identifier for people

the idea that social media companies get to decide who studies them is perverse.

I was glad to learn that Philadelphia is proudly one of the cities that has legislated a right to counsel for tenants facing evictions.

So, that is pretty much a precondition for a central bank digital currency, having a digital identity.

We are not going to designate Hong Kong democracy protesters as terrorists, and they are, and that is really the only difference.

If you are going to prevent digital dollars from being used for ransomware, money laundering, child trafficking, terrorism, you name it, is there any alternative to having a secure and legally traceable digital identity for all…