Mike Cloud

I'm concerned that this hearing may be another effort to shift blame from the policies of this administration and the reckless spending of this Congress.

I'm thankful that we're having a hearing today on inflation.

This is, of course, extremely difficult for the vast majority of Americans, but especially for those in low-income and those on a fixed income whose dollar doesn't make it through the month anymore.

The problem for this administration is that, for all the denials, the American people know that they're not being told the truth.

Truly, there is no single common denominator for the truly heinous acts we have all witnessed...

Our United States Constitution was not written to be shredded in times of crisis or in tragedy...

The pro-life issue used to be a bipartisan issue in this Chamber even as we recognized that our essential liberties of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness were inalienable rights given to us not by government but by God, and the…

But when it comes to what is normal, the Democrats have proposed two bills that we will be voting on Friday: H.R. 8296 and H.R. 8297.

Our Declaration of Independence was unique in that it introduced into the world a profound set of ideals...

I don't understand how the Biden administration makes any sort of positive news out of this.

We are turning Mexico into a narco-state because of our inaction on the border.

In the few years that I have been in office, we have gone from the coyotes on the Southern side of the border who kind of duck and hide until our armed border patrol would move their posts, and then they would try to sneak people and drugs…

If China were to send over some sort of bomb, chemical warfare that killed 70,000, 80,000, to 100,000 people in our country, do you think that would be considered an act of war?

We should be talking about inflation and interest rates.

Now we see a very different picture and the American people are hurting.

And Biden administration officials have explicitly said that they want to destroy the oil and gas market.

And this is the result of failed liberal policy.

The EPA sometimes makes political decisions.

This is a tragedy that is heartbreaking for all of us.

This isn't a red or blue issue, Republican or Democrat. This is simply good governance.

Mr. Chairman, reigning in our debt and deficits only gets harder the longer we wait.

I would encourage you to reverse course and support this discharge petition.

We need to recognize the national security risk of an open border. We have what is verging on a narco state on our southern border.

Today, we are here to talk about an opioid epidemic while the number-one killer in the United States among young people is fentanyl.

I am very much interested as the Chairman of the Energy Subcommittee on the Energy and Commerce Committee.