Andy Barr

The problem is that it is perplexing to all of us why this Administration's strategy with respect to defending Ukraine and their sovereignty is working at completely cross-purposes with the Administration's obsession with climate.

I do share Chairman McHenry's concerns that this is a lot for these small businesses.

I appreciate you coming to my district in August to hear from my constituents, especially small businesses and financial institutions.

Thank you, Madam Chairwoman, and thank you, Under Secretary Nelson. It's good to see you again.

We would urge the Administration to use that Presidential drawdown authority.

The Administration's obsession with climate is compromising our national security and our strategy to counter Putin.

Many Republicans are fully supportive of the effort to assist the Ukrainian resistance. That is not the issue.

We need to reduce those barriers.

Energy has geopolitical consequences and when the Administration asks Congress for assistance but is working at cross purposes with energy policy it makes it harder for us to support the Administration's request.

Legislation like this shows that these communities are very important and that we're interested in a relationship with the Pacific Islands because we see mutual benefit built upon decades of trust.

This legislation ensures that we are taking a whole of government approach to efficiently and effectively engage with our partners in the Pacific.

This legislation builds off of a successive Administration's actions to strengthen the United States engagement in the Indo-Pacific.

It's essential that Congress assert its authority in showing that we are not just interested but invested in an enduring relationship with our Pacific Island partners.

I do not think we have to make tradeoffs. I think we need to be tough on China.

If we want to get tough on China and their peddling of the ingredients into fentanyl... Why do not we sanction?

Why are we removing bad actors from our entities lists and our sanctions lists?

What did the Administration get from China, from the Chinese Communist Party for removing this entity from the export control Entity List? What did we get?

This Chinese entity that engages in genetic testing reminiscent of Nazi Germany.

I commend Chairman McCaul and Ranking Member Meeks for their work... to protect our national security.

We want to help Ukraine. Republicans in Congress want to help Ukraine, but we want to see the Biden Administration actually produce an effective sanctions policy, and they are not delivering right now.

If you want to win this war, if you want to crush Putin, then you need to abandon this failed price cap strategy.

It is about upholding the Constitution and the separation of powers, and if our bill were enacted, the agency would continue to operate.

I do, however, plan to introduce a bill which ensures that the Bureau does just that and does not try to retroactively apply new requirements onto activities that occurred in the past.

This has not only led to a lack of accountability by the agency and a lack of accountability to the American people, but it has also harmed the very consumers that, sir, your agency is supposed to protect.

The CFPB is the most-unaccountable agency in the entire Federal bureaucracy, and it is not just about Director Chopra; it is the structure itself.