Anthony Gonzalez

We produce very few of them in this country.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

It's not just Ph.D.'s, 4-year college. Let's get community colleges, let's get the skilled trades involved.

I was thrilled to learn that Intel Corporation has chosen my home State of Ohio as the future home of semiconductor manufacturing facilities.

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

The suggestion that we can just send solar power from places like Arizona all over the country and that is somehow a solution to our grid challenges, that is sort of silly, right?

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.

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