Jamie Raskin

So that is true across the board in terms of all of the economic indicators that we read about, whether it is the OMB or the-- --

I would ask if the gentleman would be willing to yield for a couple of questions? Again, there was no hearing in committee, so I don't understand this. This might be a great idea, but I would like to figure it out. It requires that any…

Reclaiming my time, I don't know what the reason for that is, and thank you for educating me. I wasn't aware of it. I assume they are saying the inflation rate is higher in urban areas than it is in rural areas, which is, presumably, why…

Reclaiming my time. That makes great sense to me, and I am tempted to support the amendment. If the gentleman is correct, that points to a larger problem. Is the gentleman telling us that the inflation rate today that is published by our…

Actually, I have a question because it strikes me as a very sincerely and decently motivated amendment to a flawed bill. But is there a reason to think that any of the current economic analyses of inflation and the current indicators that…

I have every confidence.

The role of our committee is to ensure that our government and laws would make our working effectively, efficiently, and equitably for the American people.

The select subcommittee will be conducting essential oversight to understand the origins of the COVID-19 virus.

To understand America's needs, priorities, and concerns, we must hear directly from them.

Our committee's mission is to protect taxpayer dollars from fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanagement.

Our budget request seeks $29.9 million. If accepted, this is a modest increase of 2.5 percent, not adjusting for inflation.

I am troubled that the Committee's work has already strayed so dramatically from this promise.

I supported you when you said at the beginning of the Congress to The Wall Street Journal that we were planning to conduct credible oversight, identify problems, and propose reforms.

It is about how right-wing politics operates today, and I don't want to tar everybody with the same brush.

There has got to be an exception for malign foreign interference to subvert American democratic elections.

Disinformation and misinformation exist, Mr. Chairman. They are real, and politicians are part of the problem.

The erroneous assumption of the bill is, again, that Federal employees are coordinating with tech companies to suppress speech, a claim for which there is no factual basis.

It never occurred to me that we needed a bill called the Government Censorship Act because that is what the First Amendment does.

This amendment is very simple. All it does is to say that we have a rule of construction, clarifying that nothing in the bill shall be construed to restrict or amend the right of any private entity to develop, maintain, or enforce its own…

It took the violent insurrection itself before Twitter decided to take down Donald Trump's account for incitement and glorification of violence.

The big lie that Donald Trump actually won the Presidential election in 2020 when Joe Biden beat him by seven million votes.

We saw massive sweeping breaches of the Hatch Act in the last administration.

I just want to enthusiastically rise in support of Mr. Goldman's amendment.

We should not be in the business of protecting misinformation that incites violence.

If we do not add this amendment, this legislation becomes the Putin Protection Act of 2023.