The number one job of the Federal Government, to me, is to defend our nation, and the Biden budget has defense spending below inflation, well below inflation.

That is just a terrible way to run the Department of Defense.

I really don’t have a big problem with him singling out a particular demographic group. He certainly won’t be the first president who’s -- who has done that.

I think people on our side are going to be very insistent that the defense number meet the reality that we face, as a world and as a nation.

I worry that, frankly, we want to transfer our climate guilt by suggesting that we should not produce so much in the United States.

Most of it is not your policies but it is the President's.

Are you in sync with Chairman Powell's position, and he stated it a couple of times a couple of days ago.

These were very positive steps, as both the rule and the guidance infringed upon States' rights in complete, in my view, complete contradiction to existing law.

I rarely see value in another layer of bureaucracy myself. So I am open to ideas.

I have always said I agree that the election was not stolen.

I thank Senator Hoeven. I just want to fully associate myself with every word of Senator Hoeven and every thought you just heard. John Hoeven is not just a Senator who represents the State that the Bison play in; he is a fan. To say the…

I completely support what General Spellmon said about the watershed and the local level.

I am quite worried, actually, mostly worried about the mission creep at the Fed.

as we approach the Christmas break and the advent of the new year, I believe it is instructive to take an inventory of the year that was. So in honor of the holiday season, let's take stock of the first year of the reign of Biden, Schumer…

I`m more worried about the country itself than I do about what President Trump tweets.

In July, I introduced the American Nuclear Infrastructure Act to preserve and expand our use of nuclear energy.

I joined seven of my colleagues in asking the Commission to support these proposals, which were based on thorough analysis and review of historical data.

In March, Chairman Carper and I wrote to President Biden asking that he promptly put forth a bipartisan pairing of qualified nominees, one Democrat and one Republican.

Do any of these incentives require people to work to get them or is this just going to be added on to whatever they are already getting, regardless of their employment situation?

I think that invests in the infrastructure that moves an economy and pays people to work to build it and to use it rather than not pay them to work.

Thank you both for being here. Congratulations, Chairman Powell. I look forward, as do many of my colleagues, to supporting your confirmation.

I am a little perplexed why it takes legislation to do the right thing.

Nobody has done anything about this.

I am less optimistic each time this promise is made.

I know that you guys have talked about it. Just kudos to him on doing it. It is the right thing, and I am sure we will have success.