This bill is born out of concern for national security, a national security that is built upon the cornerstones of freedom.

Part of our Federal law enforcement's duty is to not only protect the homeland from foreign adversaries, but also to protect our elections.

This commonsense amendment would simply add a national and full--excuse me--an express and full spectrum national security exception to the general prohibition on Federal employee activity included in H.R. 140.

That is an existential threat to our election and to our democracy.

Absent a robust national security exception, H.R. 140 will significantly deter Federal employees from taking actions within their official duties to work with social media platforms and other relevant private sector entities to address the…

I respectfully urge the Committee to reject H.R. 140, and I yield back.

The accredited investor definition has been found to be discriminatory towards underrepresented investors and a barrier to capital formation for minority-owned entrepreneurs.

Mr. Roth, back in 2016, Russia and Vladimir Putin engaged in what bipartisan Senate Intelligence Committee investigators called a, 'aggressive, multifaceted effort to influence the outcome of that year's Presidential election.'

granting our chairman the unilateral authority to determine whether a committee member may participate in an Oversight Committee hearing or additional oversight activities does not align with previous committee practices or precedent…

I think in the interest of fairness and efficiency this amendment would simply afford the Ranking Member, the distinguished gentleman from Maryland, the same discretion that the proposed committee rules currently grant to the Chairman over…

we have always had an agreement, a gentleman's or gentlewoman's agreement between our parties.