It gives me pause to know that there is only one staffer.

I think there should be options. I think the goal should be to provide as many options as possible.

Do you believe that it will increase the cost of credit to small businesses?

And I think relationship banking only has proven throughout our entire history to have enormous problems.

Do you personally believe China should graduate from the loan program?

Thank you. Another provision within the enacted legislation is a report to this committee on the indebtedness of countries to China through the Belt and Road Initiative.

This would bring CoFAR's annual budget to $15,200,000.

It is my hope that this committee can advance this common-sense legislation in the coming weeks.

This is a total giveaway to the private equity industry.

I think it is a horrible rule. I would love to see bipartisan support around coming up with something more sensible.

I think the accredited investor rule, in particular, just by definition, shuts out so many Americans.

It is important that we identify ways to reduce wealth disparities, and that promoting homeownership and building equity is an incredibly important piece of the equation.

I would argue that relative greed amongst corporations is pretty stable over time. It is sort of silly as an explanation for inflation.

Thank you. And I know my thoughts and prayers are with the Ukrainian people, as are many of my colleagues--all of my colleagues, I think we are unanimous in that, that we hope for a successful outcome.

My view, despite some, what I thought was a little bit of flowery rhetoric last night from the President, is that this is the beginning of a long-term conflict.

I think critical, frankly, to solving most of our science-based problems.

I think your answers to Mr. McHenry's questions at the outset were incredibly helpful.

I want to thank you again and the Chair for holding this hearing.

I want to shift to another thing the President said last night about companies needing to lower their costs, not their wages, and that is how we are going to fight inflation.

I do believe all of us here believe American families and businesses deserve access to affordable, reliable, and resilient energy.

I want to start by submitting for the record from Stanford University, 'An Assessment of the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Plant for Zero-Carbon Electricity, Desalination, and Hydrogen Production.'

It cannot be underscored enough how important chips are in day-to-day American life.

We are hostile to mineral expansion, mineral processing, and the related manufacturing in the United States.

Germany's high-priced transition to renewables... can cause serious disruptions in electricity flow and, thus, dramatically raise consumers' prices without a significant reduction in emissions.

the Biden administration has said energy demand is going to increase 50 percent between now and 2050