Congress already has the power to oversee agency rulemaking, and agencies can only exercise authority that we grant them.

I apologize to you for being in the crosshairs of an obviously politicized effort to attack the Biden Administration.

I am optimistic about the opportunity that lies ahead to build on these historic achievements.

I commend you for what you've done there.

The historic Abraham Accords are one of the most consequential diplomatic achievements of my lifetime and a success of the Donald Trump Administration.

What I am wondering is if you have recommendations on the kinds of things that we might be suggesting to our State Department.

There's good reason to believe from recent reports from the Food and Drug Administration they may actually make it available over the counter this coming month of March.

I think it's very important that drugs that block or are antidotes to the opioid-related overdose deaths are made readily available.

I promise, we will have action, not inaction.

Doing it even harder and causing even more people to be imprisoned, and damaging relationships with even more countries is still not going to work.

What does that mean? Because recommendation algorithms is not a term of art. It is not defined in the bill.

this appears to be a, maybe the broadest sanction and position I've ever seen and maybe ever imposed in history.

I would like to again thank Representative Castro and Young Kim for their leadership on this issue.

I strongly support Representative Castro's H.R. 406, Partner with ASEAN Act, and this en bloc package and urge my colleagues to do the same.

The U.S.-ASEAN comprehensive strategic relationship is critical to enabling the United States and ASEAN to cooperate on a number of regional issues.

I think it is very clear that members of this committee on both sides of the aisle recognize that the People's Republic of China's continued economic coercion and aggression in the Indo-Pacific presents serious challenges to our national…

I think there is broad and maybe universal support on this Committee to do exactly what this bill attempts to do.

What we do know is that the MAGA Republican plan will shut down asylum to everyone, including those fleeing Communist totalitarian regimes and young children who are crossing the border alone to flee gang violence.

Now, while Republicans resort to political stunts at the border and theatrical hearings like this one, Democrats stand ready to fix a broken immigration system.

We are not going to begin the hearing with the Pledge of Allegiance?

the House Republican border security plan is one of the most extreme stances this body has seen on immigration in recent history.

Most concerning is that the bill effectively expands the policy that's of Title 42 without any exceptions for those with bona fide asylum claims, unaccompanied children, victims of torture, victims of trafficking.

Meanwhile, President Biden has shown that we can lower the number of unauthorized border crossings while still treating migrants with dignity and humanity.

I am happy to lead it.

We urge you to vote against H.R. 29, as well as any subsequent legislative proposals that would unjustly deprive vulnerable peoples the legal right to seek humanitarian protection in the United States.