Cynthia Lummis

Companies like Instagram are often designing technology to maximize the collection of our data and subsequently sell visibility into its users private lives and interests.

I have heard you compliment some of the provisions of the bipartisan infrastructure bill.

I wrote a letter to President Biden outlining several actions his Administration could take to help alleviate some of the supply chain issues.

It is clear that meeting these timelines and moving faster is a key priority for Congress.

We are very, very pleased with that choice. It is a timeline that will allow workers from the coal plant that is slated to be closed to transition to the Natrium plant.

I think that is a worthwhile give and take that occurs during those discussions. It is important that you understand what they are doing, and they understand what you expect of them. That is reassuring.

I am of the opinion that the States are the great incubators of innovation. The best ideas tend to percolate up from the States.

I hope that you will take back with you Wyoming's concern about changing the Navigable Waters Protection Rule.

This is definitely a thing that is happening and I believe Facebook's consistent understaffing... is a national security issue.

I really believe we're searching for the best way to address the problem, and I'm not sure that it is the heavy hands, like breaking up companies or calling them a utility.

If our focus is protecting the First Amendment and our rights to free speech while very carefully regulating data privacy...

I believe you cannot have a system that has as big an impact on society as Facebook does today with as little transparency as it does.

I strongly encourage the development of some kind of regulatory body that could work with academics, work with researchers, work with other government agencies to synthesize requests for data that are privacy-conscious.

Facebook is stuck in a feedback loop that they cannot get out of.

It is absolutely irresponsible that we are $28 trillion in debt and that both parties sit here and blame each other for what they both did irresponsibly.

This is invasive of privacy. Wyoming's people literally will find alternatives to traditional banks just to thwart IRS access to their personal information.

I think it is invasive. I think privacy for individuals is getting ignored.

I can't think of a better name for a Federal building in the first State to recognize this right and enshrine full suffrage for women into law.

I appreciate your attention to the issue facing the Cheyenne Airport in my home state of Wyoming.

Thank you, and thank you all for responding to my questions.

It's a really pivotal issue for Wyoming.

Now the message my staff has received from the airport is that without certain FAA funds being expedited, the airport will not be able to offer commercial air service for the foreseeable future.

I thank the witnesses today for their very helpful testimony, and, Mr. Chairman, I yield back with my thanks.

The U.S. financial sector cost 8.2 percent of GDP in 2021.

I do think that that is a point where Congress can weigh in.