Mike Braun

Thank you. Ms. Othman, last August, I joined Chairman Casey in asking the GAO to study the Federal Government's compliance with Section 508.

Thank you. The second question would be involving Federal regulations.

We must ensure that states do not lose the flexibility they need to continue to introduce programs and mechanisms that work best for their unique communities.

I caution against ever closing physical doors again.

Technology has definitely changed the way we all live.

We must prioritize the needs of people with disabilities in our technology initiatives.

It's the beginning of a conversation. It's going to take a while to figure out.

The markets would not allow that.

The one I'm looking for is how main street, how employees benefit without having to turn to the federal government.

I'll believe it when I see it, and hope that does work. But it looks like we're in trouble as a nation in my mind.

It begs the question, is our economy one that can ever be government centric when the stats seem to show otherwise?

I want to take off right where Senator Van Hollen left off.

The markets would not allow that.

I think that begs an important question. I've always advocated that businesses need to do more to invest in their own communities.

It's the beginning of a conversation. It's going to take a while to figure out.

The one I'm looking for is how main street, how employees benefit without having to turn to the federal government.

It seems like the only ones winning in this whole equation would be big business, and big government.

If you do offer your employees great pay and great benefits, you don't have turnover.

No one has given me a good argument on how we do some of the things that we're talking about without bankrupting the country.

I'll believe it when I see it, and hope that does work. But it looks like we're in trouble as a nation in my mind.

Debated Bernie Sanders on the floor, one of my most enjoyable moments since I've been in the Senate about the modern monetary theory.

When you cut the rates, you take money away from the treasury, but generally your economic growth rate starts to go up a little bit.

It begs the question, is our economy one that can ever be government centric when the stats seem to show otherwise?

I mentioned it many times here that regardless of our revenue--our tax rate, our revenues stubbornly stay around 18% of our GDP.

I want to take off right where Senator Van Hollen left off.