"The American people expect us, on the Small Business Committee, to work together to resolve our differences."
"The SBA needs help."
"I was just on a bipartisan codel to Zambia, South Africa, Botswana. Vibrant, rapidly growing economies that want American businesses."
"Thank you to Chair Durbin and to Ranking Member Graham for both convening this hearing and for your ongoing work to find a bipartisan path forward."
"I've worked with Senators Klobuchar and Cassidy on a bipartisan bill, the Platform Accountability and Transparency Act, that would make social media companies work with independent researchers to vali..."
"We all know they design their platforms to hold our attention longer and longer, and we know, from your testimony and, many of us, through personal exposure, that it is not helpful."
"The Platform Accountability and Transparency Act would require platforms to disclose information about how their algorithms actually operate."
"I look forward to joining in support of the Kids Online Safety Act, for example, but I also think we need to get underway with better funded, broader spectrum research."
"Thank you. Thank you all very much for your testimony."
"We need to cut the head of the snake off in every way we can and that means sanctioning it directly."
"I do not care that it is China. I do not care who it is."
"I thought the recent decision taken jointly by the United States, Germany, and a number of other NATO allies... was the right one."