President Biden knows that this is a serious problem. That is why he issued an executive order directing banking agencies to revamp bank merger review process and to use it to, and I will quote him here, 'guard against excessive market…

The single biggest threat to our banking system is concentration.

For the first 15 months, Ukraine has fought valiantly and courageously in defense of their freedom against illegal Russian aggression.

That is all I am looking for here, is that consolidation is a problem.

I always took a dim view of softening of the labor market because it reduced targeting power.

And would taking the Coast Guard down to fiscal year 2022 levels of funding, would that impair our ability to have a strong Indo-Pacific and Arctic presence as we contest Chinese and Russian influence?

I think our concern is that the laws of economics always make the people most in need the last in line.

I am particularly concerned because regulators allowed America's biggest bank, JPMorgan Chase, to swallow up First Republic.

I can't help but see this as an opportunity to perhaps redouble our efforts to pull workers who don't traditionally have strong connections to the job market.

I rise today in support of the nomination of Julie Rikelman to serve as a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. Based on a recommendation of a bipartisan advisory committee on Massachusetts judicial nominations…

What resources do you need to successfully implement this Indo-Pacific Strategy so that we can be a continued presence not just in the Arctic but also in the Indo-Pacific?

Access to high-speed internet is crucial for people to effectively do their jobs, participate in school, and access healthcare.

Encouraging giant, too-big-to-fail banks to buy up small banks so there are fewer banks to monitor would be a dangerous mistake.

I completely support President Biden's goal of reaching 30 gigawatts of offshore wind by 2030.

We fund about 25,000 job training programs, and according to the Government Accountability Office (GAO), we don't do a very good job.

I am proud of the steps that we have taken over the last few years to close the digital divide.

Thank you, and rural communities, urban communities, low income communities, everyone deserves a chance to build resilient infrastructure and benefit from these new historic programs.

Do not sit here publicly--I do not think it's productive to the overall effort.