Roger Williams

this bill would increase domestic energy production, reform the permitting process, and reverse the Biden administration's anti-energy regulations.

It should raise major concerns that the Federal Reserve, which is tasked with regulating and overseeing banks, knew about Silicon Valley's risky practices for more than a year and failed to take any corrective action.

Community banks, which most of us live by, should not be liable to pay for the rescue of larger banks that gambled and made a risky bet.

one of their top worries right now is being left to foot the bill for the failures of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank.

the Biden administration's harsh rhetoric against the oil and gas industry is having a very real negative impact on American small businesses.

I am a big tax cutter.

Good morning. I want to thank all the witnesses for being here today.

We should be examining the regulatory hurdles that are disproportionately harming community banks and credit unions.

If the government would get out of your life it would be pretty good, would it not?

We seem to be going back to where we were back in the 1960s, and it is not good.

In February alone, Border Patrol encountered 154,000 illegal aliens.

I can tell you firsthand that there is a crisis, as all of you know, happening at our southern border.

They told me that in 2022, their office seized $35 million worth of drugs, which was 1,000 percent more than the $3 million worth that was seized in 2020.

You cannot help but wonder how many illegitimate entities were able to walk away with tens of thousands of taxpayer dollars because of this decision.

The taxpayers were the ones left holding the bag, as usually happens.

The opioid epidemic in the United States has devastated individual families and communities across the country.

I am extremely concerned that as our border agents continue to be overwhelmed by this rush of migrants, it is making it easier for drug traffickers to slip through the cracks.

There is direct evidence that the Chinese Communist Party is aiding cartels in the production of drugs that continue to take American lives.

Fentanyl trafficking has become synonymous with the Mexican cartels who exploited the Biden's Administration's lax enforcement in border security and immigration controls to pour this poison into our country.

This hearing could not come at a more important time for Main Street America.

I completely disagree with that assessment.

Last December, for example, I asked Director Chopra how his agency had been working to accommodate the concerns of small businesses within the CFPB's rulemaking process.

I can tell you, these people are not fair, and some are not good people.

The CFPB has a history of neglecting the interests of small businesses by creating burdensome regulations and evading the traditional rulemaking process.

This Administration's attempt to de-bank the crypto community and prevent financial institutions from offering digital asset products and services to customers is a lazy and destructive regulatory strategy.