I wanted to let everybody know that while we didn't agree, he was a good friend and we served in the Virginia house before we served in this House together.

What this says is if you have got an idea and you really like that idea, get it in.

It is one of many steps we can take that empowers individual Members in trying to effect spending.

If I caught something, we would ship that thing back to the committee and said, you all, don't have this ready yet.

Rather than deflect blame President Biden should consider his own culpability.

I want to thank you, Chairwoman Pingree and Ranking Member Joyce, for what you have done in the Abandoned Mine Land Economic Revitalization, now known as the AMLER Program.

Members of this committee have sent five oversight letters to the NIH and have not received a response to our concerns and questions.

I have been disappointed by the agency's disregard of requests for information and documents on the origins of COVID-19.

The Chemical Safety Board is an independent, nonregulatory Federal agency.

Do you think it would be a good idea to establish legal criteria?

I believe CSB investigations can have a beneficial value to the industry, but I have real concerns with how this work is being conducted.