I want to publicly, again, State my support of that.

This would be a positive, positive thing to have for NATO.

Do you think it is responsive or a productive use of anyone's time to print public complaints in your own enforcement manual?

I just want to publicly, again, State my support of that.

just because an agency is run and directed by Democrats appointed by the Biden Administration, that doesn't automatically mean they are doing a wonderful job.

Given the Republican overreach we have seen, and I dare say we will see today, a better title for this hearing would be, 'Republican Micromanagement of the SEC Run Amok.'

We wanted to have more equipment there to deter an invasion, and that did not--that did not happen.

We owe it to the American people where their hard-earned tax dollars are going and what are the benefits of that.

I want to say, look, no one dismisses the problems on our southern border, at least, certainly, not on this side of the aisle.

I believe the vast majority of my colleagues are not [debt deniers].

I would like to know what you are going to find, not what you think you are going to find on that.

No one dismisses the problems on our southern border, at least, certainly, not on this side of the aisle.

I have an amendment at the desk. The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 2, beginning on line 8, strike ``unless the Secretary determines that imposition of such energy conservation…

Congressional oversight is vital to the work that we do.

I will leave it at that for right now. I did want to touch quickly as well on the debt ceiling.

This is an issue that is near and dear to me, having spent virtually my entire legislative career on the Capital Markets Subcommittee, including a time as the chair and ranking member, and this is something that many of us have been…

Many of us had encouraged this Administration to get, whether it was TOW missiles, other arms, in earlier prior to the conflict, so that it could not be used as a view toward escalation, that the United States is directly involved. I think…

This is a military threat. It's not a climate threat. It's not a sustainable development threat. This is a military threat.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I appreciate that.

I'm curious how is the State Department engaged with our European partners and especially those within the Arctic coalition.

We are vulnerable at the North and we have seen this with the Chinese spy balloon that came over.

I think experience speaks loudly to this and that scope of the portfolio really provides China with leverage.

I think this is important work that we do as we, on these various subcommittees, dig into the details and find out what is, I think, some of the most challenging issues that we have experienced economically here in the last couple of years.

Congratulations, Mr. Becker, you are the only one to man up and actually take responsibility for that.

I appreciate the witnesses being here, and your candor.