They still want and deserve answers. We could get those answers.

It's important that we hear from local and state public health officials about their experiences.

Maybe we should have a hearing, Mr. Chairman, on why the President hasn't appointed a head of the FDA, nine months into a pandemic that was already in place.

I thank my friend from Pennsylvania, Dr. Joyce, for yielding and for leading this effort to defend American energy. Madam Speaker, you might wonder: Why are we on the House floor defending American energy? Who could possibly, in the United…

Well, we will be very involved in that debate as well. As it relates to the next few weeks, there has been some talk that possibly the week of October 4 or beyond may be taken back as district work schedules to come back here. Does the…

--including things like that are in this bill. There is a tax on natural gas, which every family in America that uses natural gas to heat their homes in winter or cool their homes in summer would have to pay. I know that President Biden…

I thank the gentleman. I do need to correct the Record because the gentleman implied that the relief packages from 2020 were part of the debt ceiling that is being raised in the current legislation that is moving forward. That is just not…

I thank the gentleman. As it relates to the reconciliation bill that the Budget Committee will be taking up tomorrow, the initial estimates on that bill are that it would, roughly, add up to be about $3.5 trillion in new taxes and…

We all will. On Monday, the schedule shows that the infrastructure bill is supposed to be coming up before the House floor. Is that going to be for debate and consideration, or will there be an actual vote on Monday night on the…

I will yield, but I first need to point out, because the gentleman did mention, that when we cut taxes, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, that cutting taxes reduced revenue to the Treasury. Maybe under a liberal ideology that is the thought…

Again, this will continue as we see whatever comes out of the Budget Committee that will be trillions. We know it is trillions. We just don't know how many, maybe 4, maybe 5 trillion in new debt that the date that was put in the…

I appreciate that, and I look forward to having those conversations with the gentleman from Maryland on that and all the other issues that will come before us next week. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time. ____________________