I was very interested in your exchange with Senator Wyden in regard to the U.S. harmonizing with the international community on tax rates.

I would just urge, as you look at your proposals for retirement securities, that we do not have the unintended consequence of adversely affecting employer-sponsored plans.

I am pleased to rise today with my friend and colleague, the senior Senator from Maine, Senator Collins, to re- introduce the Small Brewer Reinvestment & Expanding Workforce Act of 2015, otherwise known as the Small BREW Act. Our esteemed…

the more transparency that you can show on those issues, the less chance we will see support for trafficking in labor.

The United States absolutely must take the lead on this.

the importance of U.S. leadership, because we know we are not going to make progress internationally if the United States does not maintain a very strong position.

I assume that the United States is going to have to lead here. If we do not do it, other countries will not take the initiative.

I just remind you that there are rumors going around here that we may be asked to vote on trade promotion authority within the next couple weeks.

In my work with the Helsinki Commission and the OSCE, trafficking has always been a very, very high priority.

Secretary Burwell, it is a pleasure to have you before our committee, and thank you very much for your leadership and service to our country in this very important role under challenging circumstances.

I was pleased to see that the President's budget did increase NIH funding by about $1 billion. I would like to see a larger number.

Well, we would be interested as to what you can do under your authority, but if you need congressional help particularly, let us know what obstacles need to be addressed by Congress and how we can expedite the implementation of better…

I would also like to have recommendations from you as to how we can improve the Trafficking in Persons Report.

If you could get back to me on that, I would appreciate it.

There are obstacles in the way under Medicare and Medicaid for this collaborative care model, and I just would welcome your thoughts on how we can work together to try to expand these opportunities.

I do not think we should let this go. I think we should work a little harder on that.

I could be pretty specific as it relates to trafficking, and perhaps you will help me draft language to deal with compliance with the criteria that we use in the TIP Report that we could add to TPA.

Absolutely. If you could keep me informed on the progress, not only at the National Institute but at the different offices for minority health, I would appreciate that.

There is an opportunity there. We have their attention. And I must tell you, as things become more normal and trade starts, you lose that leverage.

if you had the additional resources, we would not only get better compliance--which is our responsibility, to make sure we have compliance--we would get greater revenue, which would help those taxpayers who are paying their taxes get the…

Our engagement will bring faster connectivity and more quality connectivity to the people of Cuba.

The Libertad Act provides for licensing authority by the administration, which is common in these types of legislation.

It is a peculiar kind--the worst kind, in my mind--the worst kind of class warfare by people who are paid good salaries and get good pensions and health care from the government.

How will that be reflected? I understand that. I said that in my opening comments. How can we know that we are making that progress?

There is no question that the December 17th speech by President Obama marked a watershed moment in our relationship toward Cuba.