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The truth is that tax bills went down for most families across this country--and businesses.

I understand the purpose of such a provision would be to discourage offshoring. But as it has been described, it would have a far more expansive and severe effect.

I do think that it is not unreasonable for us to ask for a plan to try to take care of that backlog.

I certainly hope there are enough wise and thoughtful Democrats who understand that doing away with the legislative filibuster would create a nuclear winter in the United States Senate.

I worked for less than the minimum wage. I work for the minimum wage. I started busing tables at $1 an hour, and then I finally made it to cook, which was big time. That was six bucks an hour.

We hear all of our separate members here in front of us all talking about the very serious challenges that we have regarding the People's Republic of China.

I spent 6 years as a utility regulator in South Dakota, a member of the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission.

Tax reform cut taxes for families, doubled the Child Tax Credit, and nearly doubled the standard deduction.

Tax reform also improved the business environment for U.S. manufacturers.

Thanks for holding the hearing to discuss the role producers play in environmental stewardship, conserving our resources, and sequestering carbon, all while continuing to feed a growing population.

We can be way more efficient and there is a lot of spectrum out there that are currently in the hands of Government agencies.

Responsible and effective spectrum management between NTIA and the FCC has enormous consequences for the United States' ability to compete with China.

At the same time, you have both Russia and China, as you have indicated, both looking at our very open society and the way that we not only are self-critical, which is appropriate, where we try to make ourselves a more perfect union.

They look at the United States as someone, an organization that they would love to have as an ally, as a friend, as a partner in business, and working in humanitarian efforts as well.

I think the most recent conversations that have been going on here, I think, are getting to the heart of something that we should discuss in more detail with regards to those countries who we would love to have join the group of…

I am concerned that if we take actions that would hurt equity markets, the collateral damage will spread way beyond Wall Street.

I think we need to explore that a little bit and lay this out.

I really think we run the threat of taking away the ability of the equity markets to make good investments for their investors.