J. D. Vance actually said...

"My point here, Mr. Gensler, is that you seem to have a very troubling pattern of hiring at an impartial regulatory agency."

"Thank you, Mr. Chair, and thanks to the Ranking Member, and the Members of the Committee, for having me."

"I want to empower the president of the United States, whether that's a Democrat or Republican, to use the power of the U.S. military to go after these drug cartels."

"If you don't stop sending fentanyl precursors to Mexico and to our own ports of entry, we're going to really penalize you guys economically."