Summer Lee

I am perplexed that Director Stone-Manning and Secretary Haaland are not here if it was so important to hear from them today.

SVB aggressively and successfully lobbied for loosening of Dodd-Frank. The bank then took advantage of the new lax environment to engage in excessive risk-taking, which did nothing but pad the pockets of greedy execs.

Are we really going to let another corrupt and greedy financial executive sneak away unscathed like in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis?

Cutting support for housing stability is incredibly disruptive.

I happen to think that cutting support for veterans is immoral.

Let's pierce in to how it wobbles the economy, how it may collapse the economy, and how cities, counties, rural areas are going to be hit?

The potential of losing seven million jobs, a spike in unemployment--we have been going along at about a three percent unemployment rate, which has really been a gift to all of us.

Prosperity does not come if the only answer we have in the pending days is a default.

Cities have been called the cradle of civilization, cities are the closest to the people, cities are required in some instances to balance their budgets, but in doing so, if there is a catastrophic Hurricane Harvey, like Houston, Texas…

I thank the Chairman and the Ranking Member for, I am sure, bringing us together for a positive reaction to what is the best way to move forward, and I think semblance of this title is about prosperity.

Until we passed the Inflation Reduction Act, we had no ability to get in there and negotiate a fair price.

This Committee's 3-year investigation into drug companies discovered many ways that pharmaceutical companies prioritize profits over people, including flagrant anti-competitive behavior, to maintain their monopoly pricing.

I am excited to be able to talk about something in this Committee that is actually meaningful to American people: lowering prescription drug costs and increasing access to affordable care.

You are not here to promote hate based upon our responsibilities in national security?

I want them to know that this hearing--I could not sit in this hearing if this was an attack on Asian Americans, Chinese Americans.

We're not listening to the witnesses here. We're not listening to the New York town that is frustrated.

You're not going to get border security coming first. You need to be able to balance it.

Comprehensive immigration reform with border security and legal pathways, would you accept that?

If there is a mother trying to come just to work in the fields, I know that may not be the best way for her to come, but that is not the MS-13.

We wanted that not to happen. No one on this panel is championing MS-13; I can tell you that.

I think that's what you are surviving on.

People across the country have been struggling for years to afford healthcare.

Thank you to all our witnesses who are here today. We so appreciate your time and your testimony helping inform us about how we might embrace the emerging technology of artificial intelligence.

I believe the Secretary, and I don't question the rule's intent, but I have continued to hear some concerns from stakeholders.

This Republican-led Congress has taken every chance to strike down the will of the people and encroach on their ability to self-govern.