Van Taylor

the discussion we are having about whether or not to reauthorize a program that continues to be appropriated for really underscores the brokenness of the Federal budgeting process.

I guess where I grow concerned is when the analytics become groupthink.

I kind of think about China and how the Chinese Communist Party's control of digital payments is able to control people's movements.

It is clear that the Majority is pushing for a world where the Federal Government not only decides if you can get a loan, but they are the ones who, in fact, lend you the money.

This hearing marks yet another step taken by the Majority to move toward a socialist financial services industry.

I don't see how we have a winning America if we have a losing California, particularly if we have a losing San Francisco.

We have great capital markets in this country, and it is a major competitive advantage for our nation.

I believe that we have overstimulated it, and this bill is going to exacerbate that overstimulation, and I think it is going to lead to inflation.

I am worried that you are talking about taking money from my voters and giving it to other places that were not well-run.

And, you know, while right now we are in a crisis which necessitates spending to keep our economy going, our Federal budget is on an unsustainable trajectory.

I was at a food bank this morning in Allen, Texas, and just watching the real need in our communities has deeply affected me.

It seems like there is consensus that we are avoiding a macro catastrophe by trying to use forbearances and mechanisms to get to the other side.

If you can believe it, in 2020, there is not a Federal national standard for collecting vital statistics.

I find some of the actions that were taking place at Wells Fargo to be criminal in nature.

I think there is agreement in this room that it was criminal and therefore there should be some discussion with the people who prosecute.

To me, price fixing is a lazy legislator's answer to fixing a particular economic problem.

If I remember my economics correctly, if you want to lower prices, you increase supply.

I am certainly here to try to lower drug costs. As I go across my district, one of the top 3 complaints I hear is the cost of healthcare.

During the recess I had some very unfortunate news from my district. The white nationalist shooter in El Paso, Texas went to high school in my district, grew up in my district, lived in my district.

what has worked for Texas, what has worked for my community, I hope that Congress can leave well enough alone

compelling people to be part of an organization they don't want to be part of and, worse, compelling them to participate in political speech, which something that may be an anathema to them, I think is a disturbing strike at the core of…

I want to defend all their faiths. I want to defend those parents' ability if they decide that they don't think that they can raise a child and they want that child to be adopted, that they should be able to choose a faith-based…

I think if we are going to begin with that fundamental right of a parent's decision about faith, that faith should extend even if they give the child up for adoption.

Certainty is important for people to operate because if they know you don't have it, well, then, they can go and work on it themselves.