I believe we've probably spent hundreds of billions. I think we're contemplating spending trillions of dollars to do something that we can't do.

I'm concerned that the cure is worse than the disease and we would be wasting limited resources, mortgaging our kids future.

I think the Budget Committee ought to be focusing on the budget and focusing on that calamity that is roaring toward us.

There should be nothing partisan about this whatsoever.

There's nothing we can do, literally, to combat climate change, particularly when China and India aren't on board.

We need to understand exactly how COVID started so we can prevent it from happening in the future.

We're far better off spending resources adapting as opposed to this insane quest to conquer climate change, which we can't do again.

We need to understand exactly how COVID started so we can prevent it from happening in the future.

There should be nothing partisan about this whatsoever.

This is my first hearing as a member of the Finance Committee. I gave up a position and all my seniority on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and on the Commerce Committee to be here for this issue.

This is my first hearing as a member of the Finance Committee. I gave up a position and all my seniority on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and on the Commerce Committee to be here for this issue.

This is my first hearing as a member of the Finance Committee. I gave up a position and all my seniority on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and on the Commerce Committee to be here for this issue.

I have written over 50 oversight letters, and the vast majority of the questions I have asked to have either received an inadequate response or no response at all.

My personal knowledge and experience with agency corruption began in 2015...

Corrupt individuals within Federal agencies... operate as vital partners of the left-wing political movement.

I'm not a real fan of special counsels. I did join 32 of my colleagues in calling for one for Hunter Biden because we had a whistleblower that said that Attorney Weiss doesn't have the resources to do the type of investigation required.

I don't endorse candidates. I let the voters decide that. I don't make endorsements.

The FBI, in their actions, impacted the election to a far greater extent than anything that Russia or China ever could have hoped to have accomplished.

The censorship and suppression primarily occurs on the left.

What happens nowadays is the investigation begins, Congress never gets access to the information, and as a result, the American public never understands the truth of these situations.

So, you know, take a look at the political wrongdoing on the part of the FBI.

I'm concerned about getting the truth. I don't target individuals, target individuals. I target the truth.

The problem is is Congress never gets access to the information. And by the time we do get access to the information, if we do, it's all old news and the political figures aren't held accountable.

We need more of a sense to figure out, really, how pervasive this is and what we can really do.

That is insane policy. When we are talking about sexual assaults, to have the Federal Government engage in a policy that allows biological males to choose to be housed and come in close proximity with female prisoners.