I also want to thank the Chairman for bringing this bill in front of the Committee for markup.

Well, I just want to again thank the chair and the ranking member for bringing this to this body, and I want to thank all of you that came from many distances to talk about this very important issue.

I will say I applaud what Ohio State has come out and done.

I worked with several members of my delegation from Ohio, and we have just sent a letter to the acting president.

We have got to stop the money, and we have got to push back on college campuses that don't stand up for our students.

Now, this is a neighborhood that my wife and I spend an awful lot of time in.

There is no monopoly on common sense on either side of the political fence.

These are push calls. These are individuals that are called, and they are given a script.

But last month in Bexley, Ohio, which is a community that is probably a mile-and-a-half--I split the City of Columbus in half with my dear friend, Joyce Beatty.

I really wish we could have our constituent aides sitting up here with us that are dealing with you every single day.

It is concerning to me that SSA has done little to act on the backlog and at times made the problem worse.

Well, thank you, Mr. Chairman, for hosting this hearing to discuss ways we can modernize the child welfare system.

House Resolution 731 simply changes the blackout period from 90 days prior to the election to 60 days prior to an election.

NIL is an extremely important issue, and I appreciate the Small Business Committee for holding this very important hearing.

Congress needs to pass legislation that will create a federal standard for NIL, focused on protecting the recruitment process, increasing transparency in the marketplace, and implementing through enforcement mechanisms against those bad…

Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 340. Stated against:

Unfortunately, the frequent use of the Social Security numbers has exposed Americans to fraud, identity theft.

Today I rise to honor my dear friend, David DiStefano. Since November 4, 2021, Dave has been serving the people of Ohio's 15th Congressional District as our chief of staff. Roughly 36 hours after I won the special election on November 2…

The tracking number in the system was misleading.

It is not going to happen again?

I sent a letter last November after two veterans who were patients at the Columbus VA died.

I feel very strongly about this issue.

So should taxpayers, historic building owners, something that is very important in the State of Ohio but across the country, and historic preservation community be forced to choose between complying with the ADA or using congressionally…

it's important that children be closely--their placement be closely vetted which it is to the extent possible, but also paramount that children can be reunited with a family member and placed in a home environment.

Millions of Americans depend on Social Security each month, as my family did for many, many years.