If given a choice, I believe no athlete would want to compete in a country committing genocide and crimes against humanity.

I introduced the Promoting New and Diverse Depository Institutions Act because banks and credit unions are a highly sought-after funding pool for small businesses.

For the first time in almost a decade we will have a full Board of Governors at the Fed, one that reflects the country.

I will support Chair Powell's nomination for another term running the Fed, but even he thinks that it is just common sense that the Fed should work to mitigate the risk of significant economic loss triggered by climate change.

We need a whole lot more people in institutions like the Fed who understand how ignorant that term is, and misleading, and who understand that economic growth only matters if it reaches people like in Oak Harbor, Ohio.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and congratulations to all three of our nominees.

I have long advocated for rewriting our ethics rules to prevent conflicts of interest, to close the revolving door, and to restore Americans' trust in our political system.

Listen to what the Washington Post Editorial Board wrote. ... the Senate should move quickly to put them in place.

An institution responsible for the security of our financial system and the growth of our economy cannot blind itself to climate issues.

for too long, our traditional infrastructure investments and policies have really exacerbated inequities and disparities in our communities.

the 1956 Interstate Highway Act... resulted in the displacement of more than 1 million people and more than 475,000 families in just 2 decades.

at the end of the day, infrastructure, in its development and implementation, has the potential to divide or to bridge, to enforce oppression or to dismantle it, and we have to learn the lessons of the past and chart a better course.

Our communities lost access to jobs and other critical resources, divestment that to this very day contributes to the racial wealth gap in our nation.

I hope it has made a difference in the degree to which U.S. companies are willing to lend their prestige to the false display of peace and harmony the Beijing Olympics represent.

No matter what you do, we will not forget, we will not go away.

If I could just ask my friend Nathan Law, thank you for the update on Joshua Wong.

Everything you do to speak out and raise awareness about what is happening inside Tibet helps the Tibetans.

America sees you. America stands with you. America will continue to fight for you.