Chris Coons: “I am grateful, the Vice Chair of the Full Committee, my friend and colleague from Maine, Susan Collins, is serving as…”

As interest costs put growing pressure on our budget, we need to reduce our deficits and protect the investments that keep our economy strong.

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.

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

They’re also the skills needed to start a small business, and they are the skills artificial intelligence can’t replace.