As much as I hate that bill and hate that rule, my intention on that was to make sure we minimize the effect of this bill or this rule because it originally was a horrendous thing.

We are negotiating with other countries right now to try to get favorable treatment for the R&D tax credit, and I am hopeful that these negotiations will be successful.

I hate this rule. I fought it from the very beginning and once it got implemented we were trying to figure out how to make it minimally impactful on our folks.

Families pay more today for pretty much everything than the day Joe Biden was sworn into office.

there is discomfort and disquiet out there in the small business community that they are going to get in trouble for trying to comply with something they can't understand

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, further proceedings on this question will be postponed. ____________________

I am an interesting guy to have on the committee here this morning because I was a sponsor, the Republican sponsor, of the Corporate Transparency Act.

I will speak for just a moment. I know that as the day goes on, I am sure we will have a mutual admiration society of the Wilsonian view that permanent Washington has about foreign policy in this country, so I do not wish to speak about…

She has held stock, she has violated, she personally has violated the Stock Act, nine separate times.

I am glad to hear that. This is a very serious issue since 2018 that the Labor department has seen a 70 percent increase in children being illegally employed by companies.

I again, call on this Congress as I have for years now to take action, to ban stock trading and stock holding by Members of Congress.

My message to you is, I hope that if you are confirmed that you will be absolutely a bulldog about going after this and telling Executive Branch officials, listen, you cannot own stocks in companies that you regulate.

All I can say is when you have the head of the department, the head of an agency, the head of the Energy department violating the Stock Act nine separate times, and continuing to frankly lie about it to Congress, that is a big problem.

I again, call on this Congress as I have for years now to take action, to ban stock trading and stock holding by Members of Congress.

I think to maximize technology to the extent possible to achieve efficiencies in productivity and addressing the caseload in a fair and efficient way.

I think to maximize technology to the extent possible to achieve efficiencies in productivity and addressing the caseload in a fair and efficient way.

It is outrageous that these people are trading stock in companies that they regulate.

I thank the Senator. Madam President, I will take this in two parts. I think it is important for us to actually digest--for the folks here watching in the Gallery or the press folks who are here or who have left--to really understand what…