Well thank you Mr. Chairman, and thank you all for your testimony.

Well thank you Mr. Chairman, and thank you all for your testimony.

Freedom of speech is not freedom of speech if people are threatening to harm those you love abroad if you exercise your right to share opinions.

I was thinking about an event last year where I'm at National Reagan Airport, and the pilot announced that we can't take off because it's too hot out.

I hope the Administration will work urgently to protect U.S. businesses from censorship, from intimidation, from coercion so that they can exercise the opinions that they would like to have.

I ask unanimous consent that privileges of the floor be granted to Luz Carmen Dominguez DeJesus during the balance of today's session. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

It would make a very big difference to me in how much should be taxed on the dollar of income, whether it was the first dollar of income of an individual, or their billionth dollar of income.

affluent people should be able to put significant money into IRAs and so forth, but it reaches a point at which there is not a public purpose in subsidizing increased, massive increase in wealth for the very wealthiest people in America.

I ask unanimous consent to speak for 30 seconds before we take the vote. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

It would make a very big difference to me in how much should be taxed on the dollar of income, whether it was the first dollar of income of an individual, or their billionth dollar of income.

affluent people should be able to put significant money into IRAs and so forth, but it reaches a point at which there is not a public purpose in subsidizing increased, massive increase in wealth for the very wealthiest people in America.

I'm glad I'm not misleading Oregonians, and when I ask people--I'll often ask Questions in my town hall on things like would you all like prefer to see it invested in the stock fund, and the risk of what having Social Security wiped out by…

I'm glad I'm not misleading Oregonians, and when I ask people--I'll often ask Questions in my town hall on things like would you all like prefer to see it invested in the stock fund, and the risk of what having Social Security wiped out by…

Why does it make sense that we are providing such a massive protection for those levels? Those aren't basic retirement levels. That's just a way to escape income taxes for very wealthy Americans.

Why does it make sense that we are providing such a massive protection for those levels? Those aren't basic retirement levels. That's just a way to escape income taxes for very wealthy Americans.

affluent people should be able to put significant money into IRAs and so forth, but it reaches a point at which there is not a public purpose in subsidizing increased, massive increase in wealth for the very wealthiest people in America.

I'm glad I'm not misleading Oregonians, and when I ask people--I'll often ask Questions in my town hall on things like would you all like prefer to see it invested in the stock fund, and the risk of what having Social Security wiped out by…

Why does it make sense that we are providing such a massive protection for those levels? Those aren't basic retirement levels. That's just a way to escape income taxes for very wealthy Americans.

I hold a lot of townhalls, one in every county every year, all 36 counties, open townhall.

the farming, the fishing, and the forestry are being severely impacted in my state right now just within my lifetime

the amount of carbon already in kind of the affirmed assets of petroleum companies is 200 percent more than what will take us from here to 1.5 degrees

if the U.S. keeps doing new fossil projects doesn't that essentially give the rest of the world a free pass

if we keep developing new sources then essentially what we're doing is we're committing ourselves to a path of warming that goes on for the generations to come

the farming, the fishing, and the forestry are being severely impacted in my state right now just within my lifetime

I would invite my colleagues across the aisle to join us in ending dark money on both sides.