"I want to emphasize that we must pursue CBDCs for the right reason, and not simply to pressure ourselves in a pursuit for the sake of trying to keep up with China."
"As John Maynard Keynes, a favorite economist of big government advocates, once aptly said, "The difficulty lies not so much in developing new ideas as in escaping from old ones.""
"For about a century, Washington has been married to the idea that the more money that government spends, the more the economy flourishes."
"I am not sure that long-term care, whatever its merits, has a place in an infrastructure package."
"it feeds this narrative that we just need more regulation."
"A bipartisan group of my colleagues have worked for nearly 2 years trying to provide light touch regulatory certainty to many aspects of this market."
"I really appreciate you holding this important hearing today."
"Laws and public policy have consequences and you can see clear differences in the policy requirements."
"Affordable housing is important in every district. It is certainly important in Ohio's 8th District."
"I am finding it odd that as I look at our spending on Federal housing subsidies, we are spending more money on poverty assistance."
"I am glad to hear you mention SARs there because, frankly, in all the States that it is legal, it is prohibited to do business in marijuana with juveniles."