Runaway Democrat spending and policies that they are imposing are making your job harder than it already is.

Nuclear power accounts for 60 percent of the U.S. carbon-free electricity and nuclear power plays an important role in providing clean, cheap, and reliable power, especially for important national security facilities.

This is a tax on our middle-class, it is a tax felt by all.

America's energy independence is a vital component of our national security.

This has inflationary impacts that go well beyond the immediate strategy.

It is something I think that we should market as an innovation hub.

I am delighted that we are going to retake the high ground on this, and given where the world is headed in computing, I think it is more than fitting that we be a leader in the world, and that Tennessee be at the forefront there.

I am here today to address Democrats' deceptively labeled ``For the People Act,'' which should more accurately be labeled the ``For the Politicians Act.'' This legislation represents a breathtaking, unprecedented power grab. In a 50-50…

In my experience with China the past couple of decades, they have increased their military expenditure some eight-fold.

China wants to shape a world consistent with its authoritarian model, gaining veto authority over other nations' economic, diplomatic, and security decisions.

I hope that we can avoid being in a situation where we are putting, again, green policy ahead of human rights.

I want to commend former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for designating the Chinese Communist Party as being engaged in genocide and crimes against humanity.

I will underscore the fact that this committee, on a bipartisan basis, has allocated these funds for a specific purpose.

$191 million has been committed by this subcommittee to complete that project.

Congress, in a bipartisan manner, by this committee appropriated $1.375 billion for border wall construction.

I am delighted that we are going to retake the high ground on this, and given where the world is headed in computing, I think it is more than fitting that we be a leader in the world, and that Tennessee be at the forefront there.

He has talked with me at length about what he has called the Oak Ridge Corridor. It is a way to capture the tremendous brain power that exists in Oak Ridge and the surrounding area.

I would hope for a clear determination that when someone is found to be applying for asylum here in an invalid fashion, that they should leave this country and that they will be deported.

This is a tax on our middle-class, it is a tax felt by all.

We are not only talking about exporting energy, we are talking about exporting freedom.

I am shocked at what he said, because the number of people coming across our border illegally has massively increased yet the number of deportations has gone way down.

It is a huge project, massively important, and I want to acknowledge the work of this subcommittee in making that happen for my State.

I am very concerned about following the rule of law, and the possible impoundment of these funds.

I would like to specifically talk about border security and our border wall.

I would just like to add one bit of thanks, Madam Chair, and this is about Chickamauga Dam.