China is spending $22 billion to hook up 98 percent of its country on high speed Internet.

We have to give workers back their right to organize. This a human right.

You can make sure that they have the right to organize and bargain collectively because that does have the capacity to boost wages.

The majority of American workers today do not have $7.25 as a minimum wage because Congress has refused to raise their wages.

You can raise the minimum wage. That is going to focus on those at the very bottom.

There are 70 million American families that make under $75,000 a year. They have, by and large, not had a meaningful raise in the last 40 years.

The Equal Pay Act would go a long way towards that.

Is it your understanding that the law requires the Director of National Intelligence to forward this information to Congress within seven days?

Why is it important that inspector generals have the ability to make independent decisions about whistleblower complaints and have that authority?

this law is critical because it provides a protected channel for whistleblowers in the intelligence community to expose unlawful behavior, waste, fraud, or abuse even if it involves classified information.

do you understand the word 'shall' in the statute going back to Marbury v. Madison as requiring--meaning, 'shall' means 'must'?

And this law is critical because it provides a protected channel for whistleblowers in the intelligence community to expose unlawful behavior, waste, fraud, or abuse even if it involves classified information.

the Whistleblower Protection Act does not cover whistleblowers in the intelligence community.

On September 11, 2019, President Trump announced a ban on flavored e-cigarettes. He finally did something I agree with.

You know, I have not been able to make sense of president Trump's foreign policy doctrine and then someone explained it to me. It's just reverse Obama.

I think we need to have very aggressive inquiry in the fall and I'm confident that Chairman Nadler will do that and then he's going to present the evidence to the House.

The standards for this president are so low that if he just manages to finish a dinner without insulting a foreign leader, we breathe a sigh of relief. But the reality is that it's very concerning when he was advocating for Russia.

One of the things that we've been talking about as a country for the longest time, but don't do anything, is Medicare for All.

Medicare for All will finally give the government the ability to negotiate and lower these drug prices.

Yes, we keep talking about this. We keep having folks like you come testify, and nothing gets done.

Someone has got to resolve this. While China is competing... we're stifled because our Federal Government can't get its act together.

I support this legislation, your legislation, on the Restore the Partnership Act and how necessary it is.

In the spirit of congratulations, I will note two unique parts of this hearing because of your leadership, Mr. Chairman, and Ranking Member Meadows.

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