What was the effective rate that corporations----

A lot of companies were paying zero.

I think that the American Rescue Plan did a lot to push against the spike in hardship that we would have seen that would have disproportionately fallen on communities of color that have for centuries faced systemic racism.

It is imperative that every person that has been sent to Washington to serve their communities, their districts, that they do the right thing when it comes to saving lives.

There are 9 million acres already under lease that they have.

Thanks to the Rescue Plan, unemployment is near historic lows at 3.6 percent.

And the third thing I would say is healthcare.

Nobody has said you can't drill--that they can't drill.

So, we need to invest in our kids because when we invest in our kids, when kids have more economic stability, when they go to good quality schools, when they have adequate nutrition, when those things happen, kids thrive and they can…

You want to talk about success for working people, talk about the American Rescue Plan.

He doesn't control the oil companies.

But President Biden and Democrats acted boldly to deliver a relief package that met the scale of the crisis.

The Rescue Plan laid the foundation for America's unprecedented recovery and economic resilience, and we are in a far better place because of it.

I want to thank Dr. Swagel for being here.

I am actually really excited as I have been listening to previous testimony that some of those ideas have already been incorporated.

The debt ceiling has become almost an arbitrary thing every few years where we just constantly raise it.

I would also like to know why on Earth they think raising taxes on half of Americans, from teachers to firefighters, is a solution to high inflation.

The Federal Reserve is best positioned to tackle immediate inflation concerns, and Congress can and must do everything it can to lower costs for American families overall.

I just wanted to communicate through this Member Day my commitment from Utah for Utahans to be one of the most financially--fiscally responsible states in the nation.

I have kind of a rhetorical question, but I am going to ask it. Are you aware of any time when the Department of Defense has requested a budget that was less money than they thought they needed?

this is not an optional exercise for this country to do a comprehensive immigration reform, it is mandatory.

I say that as a son who had a chance to watch his father pass away in my home and cared for him and my mother for four years while I was living in Sacramento.

We have hit 24 months of a highly distorted economy. It is going to take time to recover and we are in fact recovering.

And every Republican president since then has left office with a worse deficit situation than they inherited, without exception.

I want to point out, as you know, that every Democratic president since Kennedy is--every Democratic administration since Kennedy has left office with a better deficit situation than they inherited, without exception.