I must say that I am deeply concerned by some of my colleagues who paint the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan with such broad strokes as to divorce the emergency evacuation from those choices and the full context that led up to the events…

I want to particularly thank and also commend all of you who worked to help not only our Afghan allies and partners, but also for being advocates for the rights and pathways of refugees and immigrants more broadly.

I think a lot of people were concerned by your remarks yesterday--I know I was--saying that permissionless digital assets pose a systemic risk to the financial system.

If you don't comply with the regulatory regime, you don't get to operate a financial services business, right?

There are a lot of people who feel like there is an Operation Choke Point 2.0 going on.

In the post-9/11 era, diplomacy and development have regrettably not received the attention and resources they deserve. That must change.

I appreciate and thank the Chairman for his intention to honor that practice and allow me the autonomy to use the minority budget to best meet the unique needs that come with being in the minority.

I thank you for this opportunity to appear before the Committee with Chairman McCaul in support of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs' budget request for the 118th Congress.

Despite being the world's second largest economy, the People's Republic of China often enjoys... the status of a developing country.

I will support this amendment, but I would like to point out that the administration has provided us this exact classified briefing already...

My Republican colleagues are constantly telling us that we need to do more to counter China and criticize the President for not doing enough.