I co-sponsored an important bill, led by Leader McConnell that will help the Land Between the Lakes secure the Federal resources that are necessary to improve recreation, maintenance, safety, and to preserve the natural heritage there.

the local businesses there in Polk County really depend on the tourism that the Ocoee River attracts.

You have sent every message since this administration took office that the Biden administration will ensure that oil and gas investments do not pay off in America, killing the Keystone XL Pipeline.

It feels like a policy change to me, and particularly given the economic implications on the American consumer, it is significant.

the river is open for business?

One of the concerns about this though, is that the current on-site disposal facility will be full by 2028, and that threatens to delay clean up, leave contaminated buildings on site, it could cost hundreds of jobs and waste, again…

What we need to see is a message to the marketplace that expands production not constrains it.

For the first time in history the United States has cleaned up a former uranium enrichment complex, it has done so 4 years early, and under budget.

I think it implicates, not only the economics of an American family, making it harder for them to get by.

What we need to see to address the pain at the pump right now is an expansion of supply.

Please commit to me that you will do everything in your power to use your authority to expand production now?

I am very disappointed that you are not able to commit to the simple notion that you should use the authority that you have, Madam Secretary, to expand production now to alleviate the pain for the American public.

At what point do you back off this attempt to force a transition to green energy?

I think the American public is very concerned about what may have transpired. And I think the Biden White House should be transparent to the American people about this.

I'm very concerned by the rapid growth in China's R&D investments and what this means for U.S. global competitiveness.

Today in America, the number one cause of death for young people between the age of 18 and 45 is drug overdose.

The lack of transparency and misinformation by PRC officials...led to the escalation of this pandemic.

I want to thank my colleague from Hawaii for his remarks, but I want to explain what just happened here. My colleague objects, despite the fact that recordbreaking numbers of Americans are currently dying from overdoses, fueled by fentanyl…

I am here today to discuss what I saw this past weekend when I took a trip to our southern border in Texas. I led a delegation of eight sheriffs and mayors from my home State of Tennessee. We went to see what is happening, what the effects…

I myself ran against a Stacey Abrams inspired Democrat opponent in 2020. I beat her by a considerable margin, more than 20 points.

Mexico remains the major transit and production point for the illegal drugs that are coming into this country and behind all of this is the Chinese Communist Party.

Given the magnitude of the problem, this should be first and foremost in terms of your priorities. It, certainly, is in mine.

This is our backyard. This is our hemisphere that we are talking about and China is, literally, eating our lunch.

The State Department is not measuring this.

Given the level of the epidemic that we have got right here, given the fact that this is a war that is being waged by the Chinese Communist Party through Mexico on our youth, I think the State Department ought to have this data at its…