I am very serious when I say that it is time for us to resolve these disputes.

I know very directly, and I know this as a strong fact, that the tariffs and the exclusion process really do touch a very wide swath of our economy, our businesses, both large and small.

It is a great honor to return to USTR and lead the dedicated public servants who carry out the agency's important mission on behalf of the American people.

I want to talk to you about divesting equipment.

Should we expect a drawdown, and, if so, over what period of time and----

in just a few moments, the Senate will take a strong stand against anti-Asian hate in our country. Passing the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act sends a clear and unmistakable message of solidarity to the AAPI community, and this moment would not…

I have a pretty high degree of certainty because Speaker Pelosi put out a statement today that when they return in May that they intend to vote on the Senate bill.

I yield back the remainder of my time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the amendment.

as the author of this bill, I totally disagree with characterizing it as having had a bitter partisan beginning, but my colleague is exercising his free speech right, so there you go. After 2 weeks of hard work and bipartisan…

I rise in strong opposition to this amendment. Discrimination against Asian-American students or any students on the basis of race is already prohibited by Federal law. This amendment is a transparent and cynical attack on longstanding…

I think that Josh Hawley is not the one that I want to particularly spend our time on. He didn’t might not want to stand with the AAPI community in condemning these kinds of totally unprovoked attacks on them.

Passing the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act sends a clear and unmistakable message of solidarity to the AAPI community.

Yes, I agree with you that that is exemplary behavior.

I echo the sentiments expressed by my colleague from Minnesota, and I rise today in support of the nomination of Vanita Gupta to be Associate Attorney General of the United States. Today, I am focusing my remarks on Ms. Gupta, but I will…

(English translation of the statement made in Hawaiian by Mr. Kahele is as follows:) The dark, clouded heavens weep. The spirit has embarked on the path with no return. Ua kani mai ka papa wa`a Ua ue ka lani po panopano Ua lele ka `uhane i…

We need to make sure that there is meaningful enforcement of the Fair Credit Reporting Act, and all of our laws.

This industry can and does ruin lives with millions of simple errors.

Is there something you think we can do about that, like pass the legislation that John Thune and I have introduced?