SVB's collapse was a failure of governance and describing it as a textbook case of corporate mismanagement.

That is the difference between a free market democratic society and an authoritarian or totalitarian society.

Do not talk to me about global elites because I was here for the years of the Trump Administration.

The ESG Index is obviously performing a lot better than the general stock index.

You have got a fiduciary duty to maximize the returns, and what you are saying is you want more information.

I do not know that it advanced the campaign against ESG. I think it reaffirmed the basic principles of the free market.

This is tangible evidence of the Biden-Harris Administration's and the Democratic Majority's commitment to work for the American people and deliver meaningful results over the last Congress.

That is money that you intended to use on essential oversight of COVID-19 relief.

This default on America's debt plan would actually try to claw back money that has already been appropriated for combating COVID-19.

this reckless Default on Our Debt Act would gut funding not just for veterans and housing and nutrition and climate work and so on, but for important oversight work which saves billions of dollars to our people.

I get complaints all the time from constituents about the Medicare Advantage plans and what is taking place there.

that really is cutting off our nose to spite our face.

This funding will help us understand what happened during COVID and how to better prepare for future emergencies.

The 2023 list highlights 37 areas across the Federal Government that are at greatest risk today of waste, fraud, and mismanagement, and that need broad structural reform.

Thank you so much, Mr. Chairman. I want to thank you for calling this very important hearing with the GAO on its recently released 2023 High-Risk List.

COVID-19 is the deadliest, most disruptive public health crisis we have seen in more than a century.

GAO's independent, nonpartisan work is critical to the mission of efficient government, serving the public, and rooting out waste.

Congress has committed $24 billion in security assistance to Ukraine in their war of self-defense against the brutal invasion by Russia.

It is the first one I ever saw. It was in the middle of all the terror and panic when Donald Trump had no plan at all.

Like, there is the level of rhetoric which a lot of politics in Washington takes place, and then there is the level of real investment in work to make things happen.

How much time do we have remaining? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Maryland has 16 minutes remaining, and the gentleman from Kentucky has 19 minutes remaining.

I thank the gentlewoman for her remarks. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the distinguished gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. Jackson Lee).

The good chairman of the committee invoked the name of Mayor Muriel Bowser, the Mayor of the District of Columbia, who sent us a letter with the chairman of the D.C. City Council, Phil Mendelson, which closes this way: ``Not only should…

May I inquire how much time is remaining? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Maryland has 5 minutes remaining.

I thank the distinguished gentlewoman from Pennsylvania for her remarks, and I reserve the balance of my time.