Pat Ryan: “A lot of folks think that if we lower tax rates, then the rich are just going to rip everybody off, that they are going…”

I thank the gentleman from Massachusetts for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I don't get up very often and speak much on the floor, to be honest. What I heard in the few minutes here from my colleagues is, as the gentleman from Massachusetts said…

I expect groups like AIPAC will not support me in my future elections and frankly, I don’t want their support.

This is a pattern. If we zoom out across all these nominees, you have Matt Gaetz, you have now Hegseth, you have the president-elect himself and a whole host of others with long standing patterns of disrespect for women.

It's essential to have people that have been on the receiving end of foreign policy at the table.