But in practice, it appears that there is a distinction.

There is certainly more work to be done. And what we would like to see from you is for the pace to go up and continue to go up.

Thank you, Madam Chairwoman, for holding this hearing today. It is a very important and necessary hearing.

Are they really trying to help people really in these facilities have a quality of life that all of them should have?

It is unfortunate that you would even see a Secretary propose cutting millions of dollars from oversight for these facilities.

I have sponsored H.R. 3745, the HUD Inspection Oversight Act, that would strengthen the HUD inspection process.

This clearly is that fight for that socialist lane.

Limiting private equity will hinder business growth, constrain local employment, and hurt Main Street communities.

Congress should be focused on policies that make the economy more free.

This bad bill strikes at the foundation of American capitalism.

The Warren bill here today would apply liability to the employees of the private equity firm and the investors of the private equity firm.

This bad bill, if enacted, would be a disaster for American workers.

It appears today that committee Democrats are working to predetermine the 2020 Democratic nomination for their party.

The lending number needs to be wound down and eventually get to zero.

I believe every citizen should have an equal opportunity for home ownership.

Unfortunately, my colleagues have offered several proposals in conjunction with this hearing that could have a tremendously harmful impact on innovation in the United States.

Clarity is incredibly necessary in securities law.

I think we should advance. I think we should seek innovation.

So in seeking to develop a payments platform internally, before you handed the technology over to the association for Libra, was that because of examples globally of competitors creating payments platforms?

the question is, are we going to spend our time trying to devise ways for government planners to centralize and control as to who, when, and how innovators can innovate?

I am not sure that we have learned anything new here as policymakers on Capitol Hill.

are we going to spend our time building a brighter future for Americans or trying to tear each other apart?

Today is a trial on American innovation. There is a growing concern about the role that technology plays in our lives.

I want to thank you for holding this hearing today in this hearing room in the light of the public.

if history has taught us anything, it is that it's better to be on the side of American innovation, competition, and most importantly, the freedom to build a better future for all of us.