We can't sustain a $34 trillion debt, and we have to work on bringing that down.

We need to invest in our young kids in early education through their primary grades onto university and Ph.D.s.

Democrats took a different path, and now our economy is the strongest in the world.

In the last three decades our Republican colleagues have skyrocketed the deficit with trillions of dollars in tax cuts.

The tax code is about values, in my belief, and you can do it in a way that supports working people or not.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Dr. Califf, welcome. Thank you for your good work.

Ninety-five percent of the people who work in my area, ninety-five percent, work for a small business.

56 percent of the tax cuts enriched shareholders, the remaining 44 percent lined the pockets of many executives, 0 percent went to workers. I repeat, zero.

This is not the time to backtrack and to weaken regulations. This is the time to strengthen them.

I think that is what some people might refer to as fake news, when, in fact, at the last hearing on providing transparency for investors by requiring climate disclosure, I was encouraged to hear SEC Chair Gensler confirm on the record that…

the traditional role of the SEC and a central tenet of our securities laws aims to protect investors.

Today, we stand against anti-Semitism and in solidarity with the hostages and their families. We stand together against the depravity of Hamas holding innocent men, women, and children hostage for 6 brutal months. We proclaim with one…

an investor is entitled to that information, and that has long been the practice.

I am disappointed that the final rule is significantly weaker. It fails to fully deliver the informational Scope 3 emissions that investors want, and this has consequences for millions of workers and families.

This hearing is a good start, and I am grateful to Senator Markey for getting the ball rolling.

Together, we will guarantee every American a health care system, not a wealth care system.

But it should. And that is really the point here. So, I am also introducing new legislation to change that.

Thank you so much for your--thank you so much for your testimony.