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I believe the failure of us to act here will make us responsible for the outcome of future Olympic teams if we don't come up with a solution,

"We agree today that college athletics are in crisis, and we agree that the system is broken and unsustainable," said U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), ranking member of the committee.

Mr. Gee. Has the current system failed?

It’s appropriate that on World Quantum Day, the Commerce Committee passed legislation to authorize the National Quantum Initiative across the full research-to-application spectrum. It will strengthen research and accelerate applications…

In nearly every part of American life, giant corporations, Wall Street investors, greedy billionaires, and other special interests are squeezing every last dollar they can out of working families.

Well, we certainly don't want that. We certainly want a very strong Jones Act, and we certainly want a strong shipbuilding [industry].

We have a temporary waiver on the Jones Act, which creates a little more uncertainty.

Has the current system failed?

And it brings in real revenue. Experts believe that this could bring in an additional $4 to 8 billion in media rights revenue, money that we would like to dedicate to women and Olympic sports.

I believe the failure of us to act here will make us responsible for the outcome of future Olympic teams if we don't come up with a solution.

We agree today that college athletics are in crisis, and we agree that the system is broken and unsustainable.

I wish our adversaries were that stupid.

I ask you one more time: Who are we as a nation? And more importantly, who are you?

It highlights how important it is that we have campaign finance reform and make sure that there’s transparency and disclosure, but the No. 1 thing we can do is to put some light on it … and continue to talk directly to voters about our…

Clearly Republicans know they can’t win in the midterms, so they are reverting to trying to rig the system … they are playing in primaries and trying to do so in a secretive way.

I am very happy to serve them in the United States Senate, and our work should never stop advancing policies that support veterans and family members and the men and women in service today.

So, how would the Board of Trade help us with that?

How will that work? I mean, I'm for the tariff-free part, for sure. [The Pacific Northwest ranks] very high in manufacturing, like aerospace, but we also have a lot of seafood in the Northwest.