I appreciated your intent. And from everyone that I have spoken with, you are moving in the right direction.

Now I--just so that I am clear, that oath of office was to the United States of America and our Constitution?

The current event recently is--for example, the President of the United States is telling the attorney general that he should be protecting the President as opposed to the Constitution.

Your oath of office, from what I heard, was to the Constitution of the United States of America, not to Donald Trump.

The proposed cuts are staggering, in my view, and reflect an overreliance on hard power, as opposed to some of the utilization of soft power.

I see that the State Department understands the threat, but sometimes I don't see that the President understands the threat.

When discussing our fundamental strategy for Europe, a whole, free, and at peace Europe, my attention is immediately drawn to the malevolent role of the Kremlin.

I believe the bill can be substantially improved by: one, increasing access to capital; and two, maintaining reasonably strong consumer protections.

Mr. Speaker, I thank Representative Plaskett for leading this Special Order on behalf of the Congressional Black Caucus. It is extremely important that we first thank our Caribbean brothers and sisters, as my sister Yvette Clarke so…

Because of some of the statements that the President has made about America First... do you see any negative consequences to America's standing internationally?

Mr. Chair, how soon do we forget? The bill before us today is an affront to the American people. This bill is fatally flawed. It would set America up for more severe financial crises in the future. It is plain and simply the wrong choice…