Chris Van Hollen

We have to pass the supplemental request, which includes, as you say, desperately needed military assistance for Ukraine, support for Israel, humanitarian assistance, as well as support for our partners in the Indo-Pacific region.

We have to get it done by the end of the year.

It is my belief that when we back away from that, we lose our credibility around the world

One of the mechanisms they use to do it is to try to promote data localization requirements around the world.

Part of our overall digital and data strategy has to be to promote American innovation, support American values including promoting human rights.

Authoritarian regimes fear the open flow of information and data and try to put up walls and barriers against it.

I appreciate that answer because I can tell you that, in my view, that what the USTR did at the WTO was--totally undermined the principles that we just talked about--free flow of information, stepping back from our resistance to data…

It is my belief that when we back away from that, we lose our credibility around the world, not just on these issues, but on the issues that you two gentlemen have to work on every day.

One of the mechanisms they use to do it is to try to promote data localization requirements around the world so that those governments can sometimes spy on their people and look for dissenters?

Authoritarian regimes fear the open flow of information and data and try to put up walls and barriers against it, right?

We do need to keep an eye on this shadow fleet.

I just want to underscore what the chairman and others have said. I am sure all of you know this is a moment of truth for the Congress and for the United States in terms of the need--urgent need to continue to support our Ukrainian friends.

If we do not go forward with the continued assistance, it will undermine the NATO alliance and other European partners, and we all know other autocrats around the world like President Xi are watching very closely.

Well thank you for that, and it does constantly amaze me how some of our colleagues are opposed to trying to collect taxes that are already due and owing.

Right. I mean so that's another way of saying it just doesn't compute, right?

That $14 billion cut would lose $90 billion to the taxpayer, as Dr. Sarin pointed out.

The House of Representatives just passed legislation to provide assistance to Israel, which I support, and they said they were going to offset that $14 billion cost by cutting $14 billion from the IRS.

I also want to thank you for dispelling the myth that we hear all the time that Fentanyl is crossing the border through illegal points of entry as opposed to through points of entry coming in on trucks and other vehicles.

The administration has achieved some success in decreasing the incidents of individuals crossing unlawfully between ports of entry.

Thank you for using your authority to expand those numbers. It is especially welcome in Maryland with respect to our seafood processors who simply cannot function without H-2B visa workers.

Child care is more expensive than in-state tuition at the University of Maryland, and that obviously puts an incredible strain on family budgets.

I just understand that the way OMB is scoring this right now is handicapping those efforts and so I look forward to following up with all of you on that question.

We do need to keep an eye on this shadow fleet.

I just want to underscore what the chairman and others have said. I am sure all of you know this is a moment of truth for the Congress and for the United States in terms of the need--urgent need to continue to support our Ukrainian friends.

If we do not go forward with the continued assistance, it will undermine the NATO alliance and other European partners, and we all know other autocrats around the world like President Xi are watching very closely.