it's also unfair because it builds a bias in favoring big companies.

They passed a budget plan, the so-called Limit, Save, Grow Act, which would have cut the Department of Homeland Security by 22 percent.

I don't want open borders. I want a secure border.

It is my House Republican colleagues who have been derelict in their duty.

It's only five stories high, only a couple of windows wide, clearly as Kent would say, the business was being done in Ugland House was monkey business, rather than real business.

What you are going to find here is that if we were to solve this crisis, this committee wouldn't have anything to talk about.

I think the high point was Senator Johnson's confidence that we may be able to find some bipartisan action here

that small firms that don't have the advantage of having these subsidiaries offshore have to pay the full statutory rate.

My sincere hope is that every Senator here understands the significant incentives multinationals have over domestic companies by paying half the corporate rate on their overseas profits.

And that's billion with a B just to be clear, Senator Braun.

If you care about it, call a vote. If you don't like all of the proposal, call a vote on the parts that you do like.

we ought to be able to get rid of that nonsense.

I am certain that the Tax Cut and Jobs Act of 2017 also known as the Trump Tax Law, remains divisive in the United States Senate.

I hope that we can agree that allowing international tax shelters like that... is bad policy.

The fossil fuel annual subsidy in the U.S. every year is over $600 billion from the International Monetary Fund.

It's only five stories high, only a couple of windows wide, clearly as Kent would say, the business was being done in Ugland House was monkey business, rather than real business.

Senator Whitehouse has sponsored legislation as one promising way forward.

Thank you for your willingness to share your experiences and expertise with us today.