Chris Van Hollen

Let me turn quickly to the question of robocalls. And we are obviously going to do another round of questions for any members who are interested.

The Infrastructure Modernization Bill also launched the FCC's Affordable Connectivity Program.

This decision makes it harder for the agency to ensure the protections in this law cover how many scam artists now use technology.

I think the FCC has made dramatic strides in improving the system by creating that feedback loop.

I would like to help you on both counts there, and maybe we can work with your team.

And as the Chair Rosenworcel said, in some of these areas there has been local resistance to allowing a municipality... to simply, you know, start their own broadband service.

We need to get this done in the coming weeks because it is hurting all of us.

This would obviously be a huge blow to our effort to really connect people, because physical connection is important, but if you can't afford it, it doesn't do you much good.

We have really got to resolve this. I mean, as you know, it expired in March and, you know, we are just hurting our own country and our economy.

The FCC's map is providing crucial data to aid in the implementation of that effort.

Congress could update the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.

Thanks to the passage of the Infrastructure Modernization Bill, we are well on our way to connecting them.

We must, of course, not only connect students to broadband but every American household and small business, no matter where they live--in rural, suburban, and urban areas.

Senator Kennedy and I also hope to ensure that Chinese companies that trade on our exchanges, and all foreign public companies trading on our exchanges are held to the same insider trading disclosure rules as U.S. companies.

This meeting of the Senate Appropriations Committee's Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government will come to order.

Isn't it a fact that during the 4 years of the Trump Administration, Congress passed the debt ceiling increase three times without a lot of drama?

I just want to express my thanks to you and your team at the SEC, for being important cops on the beat.

It is critical that the Commission have the flexibility to pursue bad actors in our capital markets, like FTX.

I was pleased to team up with Senator Kennedy, also a Member of this Committee, to require that all companies that are listed on U.S. exchanges comply with the same auditing standards that apply to U.S. companies.

I also want to take this opportunity to thank the Vice Chair of the Full Committee, Senator Collins, for working with the Chair, Senator Murray, to create the framework that allows us to proceed and conduct our business.

The President's budget, President Biden's budget reduces the deficit over the next 10 years by $3 trillion relative to if we did nothing.

I would like to begin by thanking our Ranking Member, Senator Hagerty, and the Members of the subcommittee for their input and work in getting the FSGG Appropriations Bill through our subcommittee and through the Full Committee last week.

Thank you, Madam Secretary.

Isn't it a fact that one quarter of the total accumulated national debt was incurred during the 4 years of the Trump Administration?

Whether you make spending cuts, whether you make revenue increases, people can have a healthy disagreement on that front.