Mr. Kerry has said that the very purpose of President Biden's expected global warming Executive order is to 'change the allocation of capital.'

We owe it to the American people to get recovery funds out the door quickly and ensure that they are spent effectively and efficiently.

Do you agree with me that there's a lot more private capital looking for good investment?

To Secretary Raimondo, the American Jobs Plan proposes an expenditure of $50 billion...

the American Jobs Plan promises to position the U.S. to outcompete China by providing massive subsidies to grow domestic manufacturing capabilities in certain segments of the economy.

I think we need to do both always. We've got to look to the future but we've got to see where we are today.

That's the only way we're going to really move things for the American people.

I think it's very important.

China and Russia, you know, we all know, are advancing their military technologies always, and increasing their defense budgets at alarming rates.

I believe we need a ready and lethal force equipped with modernized systems capable of providing strong national security and, importantly, deterring war.

We do look forward to some classified hearings with this group because I think it's very important.

I'm currently concerned about our ability to continue to make those essential strategic investments that will allow us to keep pace.

Mr. Chairman, we are all concerned about inflation price stability. That is one of your mandates at the Federal Reserve.

I believe in responding to a crisis with a needed surge of spending that is temporary, that it was fully appropriate not to pay for it under the circumstances, but longer run, we do have to raise revenue to support permanent spending that…

I have always asked about cost-benefit analysis, how important that is when you are dealing with a new regulation or a proposed regulation.

She is smart, she knows the process inside out, and she is an honest broker who has demonstrated the ability to work with both sides to get things done.

Shareholders. And management should work for the shareholders first, should they not?

Who owns the corporation? Do the managers own it? Who owns it?

I would like to associate myself this morning with a lot of the questions that have been asked already by Senator Toomey

I would like to start by thanking my good friend Senator Lamar Alexander for his nearly two decades in the Senate and his longstanding devotion to improving our country. His dedication to the people of Tennessee and Americans throughout…

I rise today to pay tribute to my friend and former colleague, Senator Paul Sarbanes, who passed away December 6, 2020. I join the entire Nation in mourning his passing. Paul was born in Salisbury, MD, on February 3, 1933. His first job…

Reserving the right to object. My colleagues, I believe here today, are promoting legislation that they claim will spur Congress to pass appropriations bills in the event of a government shutdown--in other words, to avoid it. I think they…

my seatmate here, Pat Roberts, is going to be missed not just by the whole Senate, not by the Nation, not by the people of Kansas, but by a lot of us he keeps going day-to-day and has for a long time. I first met Pat Roberts in 1979. I had…

What a good speech here. We don't hear them like that every day. To my colleague Senator Jones, 3 years was not a long time here, but we feel his presence. I can tell you that I have known Doug a long time. I remember I came to the U.S…

I ask unanimous consent now that the mandatory quorum call be waived. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered.