"I have always assumed that the cartels' interest was in creating sort of dependency, addiction"
"We should be really clear in saying you cannot buy a legitimate prescription drug on social media at all."
"I don't think we would get to 107,941 deaths if not for the scale and scope of social media."
"My hope is that we will find ways to have robust, consistent, predictable funding for the regional tech hub program over the next decade."
"The way we will beat China is by out innovating China and that means tapping into the technology, resources, and talent in every nook and cranny of America."
"I actually have introduced legislation which would prohibit the disclosure of nonconsensual AI deep fake in pornography."
"It does seem to me for all the talk about illegal immigration we have hundreds of thousands of people who would like to come to the United States."
"making substantive, positive changes that make the place more efficient is something we should all be interested in."
"this is really the way we ought to be doing things in Congress; Subcommittees meeting, talking about substantive issues, trying to find common ground and commonsense solutions to challenges."
"Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman, for convening us."
"I do not think there is a responsibility I take more seriously as the Ranking Member of this Committee than the safety of staff, visitors, and certainly Members on or around the Capitol campus."
"It is astonishing that you would do that at a time when we are concerned about violent crime."