I think others may have referred to it, but that joint report from Stanford and the Department of the Treasury found that Black taxpayers are at least three times as likely to be audited by the IRS.

The key element I will be looking for in digital asset legislation is a clear prioritization of transparency and investor protection.

one of FSOC's recommendations was that Congress pass legislation providing rulemaking authority to financial regulators over the spot market for nonsecurity digital assets.

one of FSOC's recommendations was that Congress pass legislation providing rulemaking authority to financial regulators over the spot market for nonsecurity digital assets.

The key element I will be looking for in digital asset legislation is a clear prioritization of transparency and investor protection.

The key element I will be looking for in digital asset legislation is a clear prioritization of transparency and investor protection.

one of FSOC's recommendations was that Congress pass legislation providing rulemaking authority to financial regulators over the spot market for nonsecurity digital assets.

I think there's a lead lag factor here. I think we underestimate the trauma of the past several years – pandemic, inflation, supply chain, war in Europe, kids not in school in person – I don't think you recover, I don't think you snap back…

I'll tell you something, I wish the American people could have had a camera inside the National Governors meetings these past several days. It completely at odds with that sort of craziness we saw Tuesday night.

We balance the budget. We run our states. I tell you something, it was an incredibly refreshing experience for all of us.

I'll take a president, by the way.

I thank my good friend for offering this very important and very timely resolution. It asks many of the tough questions that have to be asked, and we need answers. Mr. Speaker, journalist Paul Bedard wrote an incisive article on February 3…

I just really want to underscore it is more than East Asia and the Pacific. It is our own hemisphere where we see China very much penetrating and using this as leverage for their geopolitical agenda.

I have to tell you it drives me nuts to watch us deal with China and have objectives, but to see everybody going in different--we do not have a comprehensive let us put it together strategy.

that is why Senators Cassidy and Kennedy and I have introduced bipartisan legislation that will reauthorize the National Flood Insurance Program, keep premiums affordable, invest in cost-saving mitigation measures.

if FEMA itself recognizes that it is going to lose a million policyholders and insurance is about spreading risk across the widest base possible, you lose a million policyholders; that means the rates go up for everybody else.

We have to remain vigilant because Beijing is reaching beyond its borders, spreading authoritarian values.

I just really want to underscore it is more than East Asia and the Pacific. It is our own hemisphere where we see China very much penetrating and using this as leverage for their geopolitical agenda.