Chris Coons

I am concerned the budget request we are considering would undermine the Department's ability to fulfill all these critical roles.

I don't know that but my expectation is following Wednesday's testimony by Paul Manafort and Donald Trump Jr. We may well expand the request to have before us a sworn testimony, several other participants in that meeting and several other…

Any sort of complicating relationships that Trump's campaign manager may have had with Russians, with Russian creditors or with Russian leaders would be of interest to the committee.

Yes, it's my expectation that the committee will use its subpoena power if necessary to get document the relative to the meetings and the relationships that we're investigating.

I think it's a way that the Congress has of ensuring that folks who we view as very important, very high level witnesses come and testify.

I oppose the steep budget cuts to diplomacy and development proposed in the administration's fiscal year 2018 budget request.

I do not view this bill as somehow granting congressional approval of the Trump administration's reorganization or funding plans.

It is my hope we can work to resolve this.

Help me understand how you can justify cuts so deep and so broad in Amtrak funding that has been demonstrated to have a positive impact on getting people off our highways.

I was struck the budget proposal, Madam Secretary, cuts Amtrak nearly 50 percent and eliminates support for long-distance service.

The time I think is now to make critical investments in highways and rail and ports and public transit and waterways and airports.

Well built, well maintained infrastructure is absolutely critical for our national competitiveness.

The idea that his life was not just horrifically, tragically cut short, but that there would be some incentive, incitement reward for that behavior is this sort of despicable practice that we are all gathered here to make sure we can put…

I just want to also extend my heartfelt sympathy to you, my gratitude for your son, who represented the very best of America.

I appreciate your testimony and I hope we will continue to work together as this committee always has on a bipartisan basis to invest in America's water infrastructure.

I appreciate the reprogramming of funds for the Port of Wilmington after they were initially left out of the fiscal year 2017 work plan.

It is an area of great interest and work for me and over a long period of time it has helped reduce conflict in the Democrat Republic of the Congo.

I just hope we are appropriately investing in cyber security for what are, in some ways, our most important regulatory oversight entities.

We are best understood and defined as a democratic society also committed to capitalism.

If I might just follow up, the Chair just asked about transparency. I want to ask about cyber security and I think they are related.

I think we can all agree broadly that Federal agencies have not historically done a great job of IT procurement.

Your request strikes me as wise.

Will you commit to responding to questions and requests for information from both majority and minority?

We cannot let our guard down by reverting to the same practices that led to that crisis in the first place, but must make sure we have the necessary safeguards in place to keep our markets secure and stable.

Both agencies operate at the forefront of our economy and provide critical protection to American consumers by helping stop fraud and manipulation in our securities and our futures markets.