Mike Braun

It really begs the question of why do we want more Federal Government to be involved in any of this.

Senator Braun, we just do not have the political will to do it.

I believe it is real close to 18 percent benefit cuts.

I wish we had more than five minutes on the initial questioning here, but---when I look at anything, when you have got a problem you are dealing with, you know, I want to make sure that we are not trying to fix something that is not…

I want to be on the record citing that.

This hearing is what I call the dream Democrat political parlay, where members can be pro-union, anti-Wall Street and anti-mining production all in one hearing.

The Budget Committee or Congress, in general, is not the proper place to litigate a labor dispute between private companies and their workforce.

It is inappropriate for Congress to weigh in on labor disputes which are properly being resolved through the judicial system.

Current policies to me look like, especially in light of China building a coal-fired plant weekly over there, that we are trying to deconstruct the industry.

I do not believe the Budget Committee has jurisdiction over matters involving labor practices across our country.

I would suggest to President Biden that if you are going to put the rhetoric out there that you want to convert electric vehicles for those critical minerals that lay within our own country you cannot have your cake and eat it too.

The cleanest, the least-expensive fuel is going to win the day.

What will it take for the Administration to follow the law, and are there other issues where the Administration plans to ignore Congress?

It still astounds me that we are nearly $30 trillion in debt and we are looking to borrow more money and spend more, regardless of the merits.

I think we spent $800-$900 billion. And, of course, we have spent $4 trillion, another 2 with ARP.

Would it not make sense that for those states that have unspent balances that we would ask them to spend through that first before we would give them more money

Over 62 percent of Americans are fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Yet, the rate of positive COVID-19 cases reported in the U.S. has increased six fold from early December to early January.

I think if you want to regain the trust of the American public, you probably need to look at a total revamp on what we do in terms of how we contend with it over the next year or so.

I think we ought to do something that puts better processes into place.

I will always be there because I keep my ear to the pavement when it comes to those issues, and it is growing in concern every year.

I would just ask that if, in fact, we were moving in the right direction, and just because it was maybe under a different administration, that it would be good not to reflexively maybe be against something that is already showing some…

My belief is that if you reform the system first that even folks on your side of the aisle should be for more transparency, more competition.

I believe we need to rethink the way we approach food and nutrition policy. Our lives literally depend upon it.

When you have got bad stats like costing three times as much as a part of our economy as it did five decades ago, that soul searching and looking at how you might do a better job for the most important part of our economy, and agriculture…

This nutrition crisis we face is a threat. In fact, I would say it is the greatest threat to the health and well-being of our country right now.