I am particularly grateful to have Mr. Brouillette where he is. He has, on a very parochial basis, I know you would never do this, Madam Chairman, but on a very parochial basis, he has an in-depth understanding of what happens at the Idaho…

I ask unanimous consent that following the remarks of Senator Murphy, there be 20 minutes of postcloture time remaining on the Lighthizer nomination, equally divided between the chairman and ranking member of the Finance Committee; that…

the current Administration's hitting the ground running during the first 100 days as far as their engagement on intelligence matters

The Committee will come to order, and thank you all for coming today.

Admiral, thank you so much for coming today, and submitting yourself to what is going to be a rigorous process.

the purpose of the hearing this morning is to have a hearing on the appointment by President Trump of the Deputy Administrator to the Small Business Administration.

One of the issues I am working on... is an issue of addressing small businesses and their access to Federal contracting opportunities.

And the fact that the President has pulled the trigger twice as he has in the first 100 days, and done it in a fashion that didn't start a world war, and was watched by both our friends and our enemies, has made a significant and a huge…

Thank you, Madam Chairman. Thank you for holding this hearing.

I would take issue though, as far as your recommendation, if we have an infrastructure bill coming.

Most of what we know about it, most of what we are doing about it, cannot be discussed in this setting.

first of all, I want to return the sentiments of Senator Shaheen. There was so much written and talked about today in the meeting about the poisoned atmosphere and the lack of bipartisanship, but I can tell my colleagues that working with…