WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pennsylvania, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following opening statement at a Dec. 7, 2021, confirmation hearing for Parisa Salehi, nominee for Export-Import Bank inspector general, and Brian Tomney, nominee for Federal Housing Finance Agency inspector general:

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Ms. Salehi and Mr. Tomney, welcome to you both. I commend you for your commitment to public service.