Elizabeth Warren

I certainly hope that we are not going to blow up our User Fee negotiations and risk an FDA shutdown because the President does not think that the Government needs the Food and Drug Administration.

As I read this, I think this is just a fancy way of saying that Congress should cut the guaranteed funding going to the FDA.

Let us be honest. We have to say there is no way that a hiring freeze is going to help the FDA do its job.

If Republicans want to gut our healthcare system, they should have the decency to talk openly about it, not jam through a bill that will devastate the entire country's healthcare system with zero debate.

I have no idea why we are having this healthcare hearing today, 48 hours before the House Republicans try to ram through a bill that is going to rip health insurance away from 24 million people, raise insurance premiums for seniors by…

Let us not mince words.

I recently sent a letter with Senator Patty Murray expressing my concern over the impact of a series of actions taken by President Trump on the Nation's preparedness for a pandemic flu outbreak.

If Russia stands firm and we drop our sanctions in exchange for nothing, we are just weak.

Congress must be able to review any attempts by this President to roll back our sanctions against Russia.

We really have not been able to change that at the level of the infantry soldier.

The Air Force is not developing that aircraft. Now it is absolutely essential because of this ability to have greater persistence.

I do not think he suggested otherwise.

We need to continue to exploit the advantages that the persistence of remotely piloted aircraft provide.

I think there are a lot of people who were injured in that conflict by low-grade technology.

I am concerned that if we believe that the lesson out of the Iraq war is that technology and new technology will not be important in future combat.

I think those are some of the key things where--and those technical skill sets, the electronic warfare, communications, and particularly long-range fires-- those are the places where the Army has fallen behind.

In recent years, senior Army officers have cautioned against the myth that advanced technology will win wars.

I think this point about mitigation is kind of opening a new lens that we should be looking at this.

Now, as part of the plan to achieve those goals, right now some Senators want to dramatically increase the number of private policies.

I am all for transparency with consumers so they know what they are paying for.

As the number of private policies grow, it is critical that the private sector contributes its fair share to the flood management functions of NFIP.

I think it would be a smart idea for the Government to do more to help homeowners prevent damage.

I am not against private sector insurance, but there would be real costs to simply turning over the Federal program to the private sector.

We would be building this wall at the expense of families who are already struggling to pay for flood insurance.

Congress should not cut funding for vital security or raise premiums on homeowners just to help bail him out on his very bad idea.