Corruption is corrosive for many reasons, but in particular because it undermines citizens' beliefs that governments can deliver for them.

I would not be here before the committee today if it were not for Senator Menendez.

I would like to thank former Senator Harry Reid, who taught me the ways of the Senate during my nine years working for him.

Chairman Menendez has the sharpest mind I have encountered, and has taught me to stand up for what I believe.

We can’t afford to let democracy slip away. We fought for that right demonstrated with bandages on our heads. We fought to prevent changes to the Voting Rights Act and then to restore it. We were wary, tired, but we have purpose. Don’t…

You have a right to protest of what is right. When you see something that is not right, not fair, not just, you have to say something, you have to do something.

We need to protect the right of our citizens to go to the polls and vote but we also need to make sure that when they get there, they have candidates who will work for them.

This is why the United States Innovation and Competition Act is so important.

We do not need to abandon a global supply chain, but just shrink China's role in it.

I am very grateful to the Chinese Communist Party because they make our task so much easier.

The United States is creating the policies and tools needed to defend ourselves against a hostile, authoritarian China.

We are in a conflict with China, and as in past conflicts, industrial strategy, industrial policy is essential.