Lisa McClain

We should be celebrating those people.

Should only the top 10 percent pay the taxes and we raise that number so only the top 10 pay the taxes?

I don't have a money tree in my backyard that I can just go out and take money.

With all due respect, you are a very intelligent woman. You have done really good work.

I want to talk a little bit to get our arms around the statement that you talked about at the very beginning, right, and it is asking the wealthy and the corporations to begin paying their fair share.

Today's hearing has illustrated how important actually facts are over fiction, and we need to stop with the messaging and take a look at the facts.

It is a good idea to make wealthy pay their fair share, to pay off the national debt, and help cool inflation.

I am just looking at the facts. So, if I understand the facts correctly, and please correct me if I am wrong, when the President took office in January 2021, inflation was at 1.4 percent.

I agree. Dr. Holtz, the Biden administration continues to claim that 70 percent of the increased inflation was due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Is that true?

Shouldn't the Biden administration be forcing more help on Americans in need by actually addressing the inflationary crisis rather than minimizing the real pain inflation caused by their reckless actions?

Inflation is a broad-based increase in the price level so that the dollar price of goods and services broadly in the economy rising.

It would be nice if we did.

So, Democrats passed the legislation they knew would likely drive the country into its worst inflationary period in 40 years?

I would agree that we are not here to talk about cuts. That is not our plan, but I first feel that we need to start talking about the causes of what got us in this situation.

Did the American Rescue Plan increase inflation?

In my opinion, Congress needs to take a hard look at the DFC, the DFC's mandates, when there is legislation to reauthorize this agency.

General Richardson, you have warned about China's constant attempts to invest further in the SOUTHCOM AOR.

They believe that we are spending money and resources on a fight overseas rather than getting our own fiscal house in order.

I think we need a little bit of a reset with the American people, or I should just say my constituents in my district.

I agree with this goal and hope this is an important first step in evaluating the public benefit these private sector companies receive.

It seems to me that the Federal Government had far more powerful disinformation governance board in its relationship with Twitter.

I think the problem with America is we have one set of rules for this team and another set of rules for this team.

I think it is interesting that you talked about return on investment, because that almost sounds like you are getting value for your dollar, and you are kind of getting into that profit margin, which is scary.

I just want to caution everyone on the term of the word free. We seem to throw that word free out as if there is no one that pays the bill.

I think transparency and honesty, and knowing what you are getting into is critical for the student, as well as the parent, as well as the colleges.