Yes, I think that is very well said. I think there is all the evidence in the world that there are robust customer protections within that regime, that the CFTC is a strong market regulator.

This is the best debt ceiling deal that Republicans have ever cut.

I think it caused many Americans to believe that he was being stubborn and intransigent, and I think it really -- it put his negotiators in a weaker position than if they just would have come to the table a hundred days ago.

I look forward to working with Ranking Member Caraveo and others on the Committee on that work.

There will be hits and misses with digital assets.

I see the potential for valuable tools to be created with digital assets, that will enable Americans to solve some of life's tough problems.

I want to thank everybody for coming to this hearing of the Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development.

we are tasked with examining digital asset markets and I think, most importantly, understanding what are the gaps in this regulatory framework.

It will take a collective effort here in Congress and among our regulators to craft a legal framework.

We do have a lot of work to dig into this year, and I am excited to get started.

We are tasked with examining digital asset markets and I think, most importantly, understanding what are the gaps in this regulatory framework.

The difficult task we are starting today is to craft a legislative framework that will allow the next Filecoin or Ethereum to emerge.

I'm excited to note our unprecedented cooperation with the House Financial Services Committee in this effort.

This proposal, paired with efforts to subsidize the purchase of electric vehicles, is unfairly choosing winners and losers in a sector that is actively working to decarbonize.

Yes, it is my understanding and my hope that giving them the same Reid Vapor Pressure waiver that E10 has would mean that both products would be available.

Last Congress on a bipartisan vote this House voted to allow year-round E15 across the country.

Instead of engaging in divisive policy making, we encourage you to focus on present efforts that bolster the domestic supply of liquid fuels.

We are concerned that in furthering the Administration's goal of lowering emissions in the transportation sector, the EPA is forgoing existing technologies and methods for decarbonization in favor of pushing an 'all-electric' future.

there is nothing in my amendment that would harm what the Senator from Virginia tried to accomplish in repealing the authorization for use of military force. So my amendment can be accepted and have no impact whatsoever on the legislation…

this amendment is very simple, it declares any pandemic convention produced by the intergovernmental negotiating body to be a treaty requiring Senate advice and consent. I had a similar amendment on the Iranian agreement a few years ago…

last December, the World Health Assembly established an intergovernmental negotiating body to draft a new convention on pandemic prevention and preparedness. At its fourth meeting last month, the negotiating body accepted a draft of this…

I spent 6 years as a State energy regulator, and our focus was always on safe, affordable, reliable energy because we knew that that could power American prosperity. Indeed, this abundance of American energy that we have been talking about…

This legislation was championed by Rep. Dusty Johnson last congress and received overwhelming bipartisan support from members of the committee.

Were they extreme when then-Senator Joe Biden said from the Floor of the Senate, 'The culture of welfare must be replaced with the culture of work.'

Yes, American families need our help, and I would tell you, sir, that their plight is not well-served by the kind of fearmongering that we have heard.