We need to be in the game, we need to be looking at the basic needs.

I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Utah. Fentanyl

We need to be in the game, we need to be looking at the basic needs.

I do think we can do better.

in February, the Biden administration argued to the U.S. Supreme Court that title 42 will terminate in May of 2023 with the expiration of the COVID-19 public health emergency. Removing one of the last tools available to Border Patrol…

I do think we can do better.

I do think we can do better.

We need to be in the game, we need to be looking at the basic needs. That is what I am encouraging you to do.

China is refusing to let the U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken visit Beijing over concerns that the FBI will release the results of an investigation into the downed suspected Chinese spy balloon.

I am deeply concerned by these reports, that such a program would not only constitute a misuse of the ESF, but it would circumvent Congress's role in approving such an action.

I think the specter of this being presented is a false choice. And the specter that you present does not have to be that.

Unfortunately, our Nation has accumulated an unprecedented amount of debt at levels that are unsustainable at this point.

I think many Tennessee banks are concerned that they would not be deemed----

Terrorist glorification of USAID-funded Palestinian institutions at schools, and other organizations, it is just, it is happening, and it needs to come to an end.

I have significant concerns with the negative impact this will have on Treasury liquidity.

We are challenged in conducting rigorous oversight to strengthen U.S. financial systems and ensure that the dollars that taxpayers have entrusted to us with are spent responsibly.

I will continue to stand up for small business owners with an aim to put an end to this egregious and unwanted overreach.

I am deeply concerned by these reports, that such a program would not only constitute a misuse of the ESF, but it would circumvent Congress's role in approving such an action.

Thank you, Chairman, Van Hollen, and thank you for holding this hearing today.

And massively increases taxes at a time when we are trying to recover our economy. It is a nonstarter on both sides of the aisle, as you know, Madam Secretary.

I think we will look forward to working with you on taking a more strategic view, as opposed to sort of a dogmatic income approach.

I had a very frustrating conversation with the President of Uruguay who really wants to work with us, yet our rules make it impossible for him to do so.

Time is not on our side, Secretary, especially when we have a $19 billion arms backlog to Taiwan.

We are facing an unprecedented spending epidemic. We are in a deficit spending situation.

It damages the confidence of taxpayers in America.