Chris Coons: “Independence and transparency are not furthered by less than forthright responses to congressional questions.”

The Allied Ledger is an accounting of which countries have kept their promise and which have not.

Our national debt is a crisis that we cannot afford to leave to our children, and the problem is driven in large part by the fact that too many Americans aren’t paying their fair share. Right now, some of the wealthiest Americans can defer…

They would undermine our country’s competitiveness, erode our scientific ecosystem, increase unwanted bureaucracy, enable corruption, and perpetuate uncertainty across our local communities.

I’m sorry that your schedule apparently didn’t permit us to meet before this confirmation hearing, but I hope and expect we’ll find time to meet soon after today.