I just repeat my puzzlement from before. Perhaps if Mr. Cloud would yield for another question. What is the inflationary impact of debt servicing costs? Have there been any economic studies on that? Madam Chair, I yield to the gentleman…

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 reclaim my time. I think the gentleman raises a very interesting point. I would love to know the answer as to whether or not it is actually incorporated today in what the inflationary or deflationary effects are of debt servicing costs…

I have every confidence.

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

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

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.

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

This problem goes way beyond it.

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

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

there is something a bit presumptuous about legislation called the Protecting Speech from Government Interference Act

The lethal recklessness of Donald Trump's policies about COVID-19 cost Americans hundreds of thousands of lives.

political coercion of business is as distasteful from the right as it is from the left.

Democracy on earth is under siege by Putin and Russia, Xi in China, Orban in Hungary, Marcos in the Philippines, you name it, Erdogan in Turkey.

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

the original flaw of this legislation is that it is based on the entirely false premise that government officials pressured or coerced Twitter

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

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

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.

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

I cheerfully concede to that proposition.

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

if we are going to do it, let's do it.

it would still be strange to say that Fox News was censoring itself