Beth Van Duyne

We believe there should always be a functioning House of Representatives and a functioning Senate.

I think right now if it is in a pandemic situation and it is temporary, these solutions that we are discussing I think are way too broad, and have already shown an opportunity to be completely misused.

The definition of temporary, the definition of incapacitation, and the definition of emergency I think have been redefined over the last 2 years.

I think I am in a unique position being a freshmen, a freshmen who came in in the middle of a pandemic.

I have yet to encounter a racist natural disaster, but it seems to be what some of my colleagues here today are suggesting.

I understand the airport noise to be, predominantly, a local issue.

But airports are a critical economic driver, at the same time, in many of our communities.

I think you just proved again that there is no--you know, there is no questioning that people on the ground who know their community, who are working in the community with actual real people completely outweigh the D.C. bureaucrats in…

I think that is doing a detriment and the exact opposite of what we should be doing.

From a fraud and efficiency perspective, private sector lenders have consistently out performed.

We are trying to get a bill passed that would actually address exactly that.

What are they telling you about what they are facing right now with inflation, rising gas prices, the labor market?

I have very limited time.

Well, part of that solution seems----

But you are going to have to ask the question like, I mean, how much fraud is acceptable? I mean, I think----

And while American small businesses had been ready to grow their business without government handouts, our work in Congress is to ensure every last relief dollar was appropriately spent and that must continue.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman, for holding this critically important hearing and your continued partnership on providing proper oversight.

Businesses are still experiencing a lot of issues right now they are having to deal with--of course, inflation being one.

Early in the pandemic, the effect on the creative economy was apparent.

California's extreme policies related to labor and climate will only exacerbate these problems.

The policies of our own Government are dragging these good people down.

Unfortunately, what my constituents and I have seen is a nonresponsive Federal workforce.

If we adopt the motion to recommit, we will instruct the Committee on Education and Labor to consider an amendment to exempt certain industries with unique workplace environments from the requirements in the underlying bill. Madam Speaker…

First, things are reported and monitored, and then they are controlled. We cannot let Democrats push us down this dangerous and slippery slope. {time} 1330 Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker…

Thank you very much. Good afternoon, Administrator Dickson. Thank you very much for being with us today.