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I think it is a wonderful thing, and I just personally want to congratulate you and your wife and family for giving so much to this country.
It is good to ask tough questions, and we have had a lot of tough questions here today, but you have answered them very, very well.
I hope that I could get your commitment that you will enforce this act the way it was intended to be enforced.
If what we are seeing now is the new normal for every time control of the White House changes hands, the Senate, quite frankly, will be a much lesser institution.
I am worried about what my colleagues on the minority side are doing to the Senate as an institution.
I have been in the Senate for 40 years, and I think my record for being willing to reach across the aisle is beyond any reasonable dispute.
It is difficult to imagine anyone more capable of serving this Nation as the Secretary of HHS than Congressman Tom Price.
The purpose of the Prove It Act is to strengthen the voice of small business owners and provide incentives to agencies to improve the quality of their certifications and analysis when they are actually writing a rule.
So I want to thank them as well for being here to support you today, and I know that many members of this Committee love to work on things together, especially when it comes to regulatory reform, tax reform, and others.
Many of us are looking at modernizing the role of the Committee on Foreign Investment or CFIUS to give it more defined powers to review and potentially block investment by SOEs.
I do not oppose FDI, when people outside the United States invest here and create jobs, I generally think that is a very good thing.
Objectively speaking, I don't believe anyone can reasonably argue that Mr. Mnuchin is unqualified for the position.
I expect you to engage in much better consultations with the committee regarding U.S. trade policies then we have had under President Obama.
Proposals to, for example, impose unilateral import tariffs as a key tool of international economic policy need to be carefully evaluated to ensure they do not hurt us at home.
I believe the President-elect has selected a nominee who will provide a clear channel of communication and be willing to work with Congress on these all-important efforts.
In 2006, I was successful in enacting legislation to enhance the IRS whistleblower program.