If State and local government are faced with impeded access to the capital markets through the closure of tax-exempt money market funds, what other options exist for low-cost financing of critical community and infrastructure projects?

Does CBP have any authority to right these wrongs without congressional action?

Commissioner Kerlikowske, can you please explain to the members of the committee why CBP is statutorily barred from refunding erroneously collected duties from these companies?

When a mother puts a child on that beast of the train and prays to God that that child will make it, it talks about the extraordinary circumstances they face.

I came today in part, unlike others, maybe, to praise the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, not to bury it.

Last year, I reintroduced the Shareholder Protection Act to require public companies to disclose their political spending and to require a shareholder vote to approve it.

I support the State Department budget. I would like to have this committee create some structure for it.

In the absence of it, we basically allow the State Department, with all their good intentions, to decide what is the course without congressional direction and oversight.

We are always stronger when the Congress and the administration work together to advance American foreign policy.

Madam Chairman, let me talk about the challenges of families who still, notwithstanding the numbers, do not see their incomes rising.

So it is critical that we get a handle on the security situation in El Salvador not only for the security of El Salvador, as you rightly point out, but for the security of the United States, and that will be my number-one top priority if…

I appreciate your answers. We are ready and willing to do whatever we can from this side of the Capitol to be helpful in your efforts there.