Mr. Speaker, I thank Mr. Buck for doing this and putting this together. Blatant attacks on conservative speech are truly nothing new. First, the left and Big Tech removed a sitting President from social media platforms. Imagine that: a…

Mr. Speaker, I thank the chairwoman for yielding. We are proud of you, and I look forward to working with you. You guys have got to be kidding me. Seriously? You were in control. You had the House. You had the Senate. You had the…

I believe that we could do much, much better. Quite frankly, we were doing much, much better.

The problem with the budget is there are so many unpalatable unacceptable other parts to it that... jam a budget or jam a bill, or whatever it is with all kinds of other issues and initiatives that a lot of people don't want to see.

There are a lot of people right now in the United States of America that are going through their own personal hells for many reasons.

Don't you think it would make more sense to hire more Border Patrol agents who are trained for this and finish the wall--yes, finish the wall--rather than to continue to mishandle the crisis?

The supply chain crisis has shown that we need to invest in America to strengthen our economic position.

This is a difficult issue, and it is a challenging issue.

There are concerns about the wind turbines. There are concerns about the Coast Guard, and how it is going to be able to work in and around them.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman and Ranking Member. Thank you for the witnesses for testifying today before the committee.

I supported this Bipartisan Infrastructure Law because it included conservative--conservative--regulatory policies negotiated by Republicans including One Federal Decision.