Steve Lynch

A CBDC is just one type of publicly-issued digital dollar and would be issued, backed, and regulated by the Federal Reserve.

It is important to correct some of the inaccurate and misleading claims that could lead us to shut down innovative policy approaches.

I worry about some of the recent false narratives and fearmongering--much of which has been fueled by the crypto industry itself.

The Republican Members of this Committee have also followed the shameful example set by the former President in targeting the independent Federal law enforcement personnel

Chair Jordan has repeatedly sought to interfere and influence that case, threatening to subpoena Mr. Bragg

We are not investigating any actual Weaponization of the Federal Government. Worse yet, this Committee has come to embody weaponization itself

This same Subcommittee on Weaponization has turned completely a blind eye to the actual and well-documented, blatant, and egregious weaponization of the Federal Government undertaken by the previous President

The drumbeat of attacks that I have seen against the men and women of the Department of Justice and the FBI

This blatant political intervention, not complained of at all by my Republican colleagues at the time, caused those prosecutors, some of them, to resign or withdraw from the case.

Those are public statements made by a sitting President attacking the FBI.

I think most of the Members who have served a long time here know full well what political interference and what sweetheart deals look like.

I do want to say there is a little bit of revisionist history here about the circumstances under which Russia did invade Ukraine.

It was the U.S. Intelligence Service and the White House that consistently warned President Zelenskyy that Russia was going to invade.

You cannot rewrite history.

They got that right.

This amendment would exempt veterans' medical care from the drastic cuts in Federal funding and program termination.

I fully support every last dollar that we have committed to the Ukrainian people to maintain their freedom and their democracy.

If we think there is a real problem with the way the interaction between authorizations and appropriations works in Congress, let us have some hearings.

And that is obviously an attempt to throw a monkey wrench into the way that Congress has acted for decades under both Republicans and Democrats controlling the gavel.

But this was never intended to turn into a blank check on spending and put spending on autopilot.

Times of international conflict should require more, not less, congressional oversight.

I urge approval of this amendment on a unanimous and bipartisan basis to demonstrate continuing congressional support for the people of Ukraine.

America has been a critical and indispensable ally, as it always has been in struggles for democracy and human rights against authoritarian and totalitarian aggression.

My amendment would exempt programs and associated budgetary levels that pertain to the defense of Ukraine against the imperialist invasion of Ukraine by Vladimir Putin and the Russian military.

If you vote against this amendment and for this bill, you are voting to cut veterans' healthcare, slash the National Institutes of Health, throw families out of housing through Section 8, gut NASA, and defund the FBI.