"There's really a clash between those values, our democracy with the public's right to know, the need to receive information upon which to judge the performance of public officials."
"Well, thank you all for the good work you've done modernizing the background check system."
"I don't believe any more legislation will move on the issue in the next two years."
"I would like to ask if you will be willing to work with us--particularly the chairman, the ranking member, who obviously will set the agenda--in working on all of these issues as part of the same prob..."
"I think the Biden administration has completely dropped the ball when it comes to the border, and unfortunately, we have seen all of these deaths."
"It was the product mainly of this committee, the Finance Committee, that made that possible as part of the bipartisan Safer Communities Act."
"Do you believe we have a public health crisis when it comes to these overdose deaths?"
"I want to just say the one thing I would congratulate the Biden administration on is their commitment to implement the bipartisan Safer Communities Act."
"Thank you again for your leadership, your ongoing leadership on these mental health issues."
"But we made the single largest investment in community-based mental health care in American history."
"You predicted our economy was on track to get back to more normal operation, that inflation would decline over time."