I want to see our President treat Americans the same way that he is generously treating citizens of other countries.

There is no greater threat to the environment than poverty.

Another frustration I might have is--I have many--we have countries like Uganda that are begging for more natural gas.

It is worth noting that if all OECD countries right now stopped burning fossil fuel, stopped emitting any carbon dioxide whatsoever, all of them, right now, for the next 100 years, we would only reduce the temperature by 2100, by 0.8…

you are condemning people potentially to shorter life spans because of these policies.

My view is, no, we should not.

I missed a vote on H.R. 654, The Drug Free Communities Pandemic Relief Act, due to a timing conflict, as I was questioning witnesses at a Select Committee on the Climate Crisis hearing during the time of the vote. Had I been present, I…

if the United States wants to claim to be a global climate leader, nuclear energy has to be a major priority.

We can't be spending $3.5 trillion when the economy is already overheating. It is horribly irresponsible.

My bottom line is, we have urgent climate action. We need to make the investment.

the opposition to nuclear strikes me as somewhat misguided.

I am personally more concerned about the biodiversity challenges associated with wind and solar than I am the waste issues associated with nuclear.

You said the cost of inaction on climate goes up with each passing day, correct?

I think you have said already today you believe we need bold, urgent action to stop climate change today, correct?

I think, as I mentioned in my opening statement, it is encouraging that we are seeing some AI algorithms produce better results, significantly better results in some instances, from a bias standpoint.

Thank you, Chairman Foster, and thank you to our witnesses.

It is vital that Congress continues to consider how we can best promote innovative advancement in the private sector while also ensuring that AI is both transparent and ethical.

We must acknowledge and recognize these technologies at times are not perfect due to the inherent nature of a technology created by humans.

I also think it is almost always the case that the higher the regulatory burden, the more you entrench incumbents.

We should also continue to work with the experts in industry in order to move forward in a bipartisan way that both celebrates technical advancements and ensures that there is transparency and fairness through the use of artificial…

I completely agree. Could you elaborate on why flexibility in any framework is important for fostering innovation?

If there are problems with AI and algorithms, we should not abandon our push to innovate and move forward.

I am extremely excited about the opportunities from emerging blockchain technology for our economy and opening up finance opportunities to the unbanked and underbanked.

It seems to me that when you are thinking about stablecoins and whether they are a risk or not, a lot of that falls back on the quality of the reserves.

If I could really quickly on the casino route--really quickly, Mr. Chairman, there is a key difference between a casino and a DeFi product.