Chris Van Hollen

I certainly cannot support your nomination. I hope my other colleagues will not either. You just, simply, are not qualified for it.

If you value democracy you got to hate antisemitism.

Today, we are at a critical moment. For the first time in decades, workers are finally--finally--starting to get a little bit more bargaining power.

The nomination we consider today represents another step in President Biden's effort to rebuild our economy.

Chair Powell--along with Vice Chair nominee Lael Brainard, whom we will hear from later this week--led the Federal Reserve's unprecedented actions to stabilize our economy in the face of a global pandemic.

Well thank you, Mr. Chairman. I am pleased to see that you do agree that it is a top priority.

We have a president committed to democracy--willing to stand in this breach, as he put it last week.

We passed the American Rescue Plan which helped stabilize the economy and helped result in those much-improved employment numbers.

I was pleased to hear President Biden say, when he renominated you for this position, that you saw the economic risks of climate change as a, quote, 'top priority.'

I think some of these changes are going to be permanent.

I am a big believer, and I thank folks on both sides of the aisle.

We lost 440,000 Black-owned businesses.

I think it is hurting our national security every day that the--Ambassador Nick Burns' nomination is being held up.

Beijing should have no doubt or question that any cross-Strait military or kinetic contingency directly affects the United States and our interests and values.

The starting point for U.S. policy is a recognition that Taiwan's flourishing democracy and free market economy is one of the world's real success stories.

I agree with the overall strategy that the President has put forward, but I do want to push a little bit more maybe on the defense side as well as to what operationally is in place to make sure lines of communication are open in order to…

We know from what has been said and following developments in the area that we see real Chinese aggressive moves.

The United States must stand prepared and ready to assist Taiwan as it seeks to build its own security capabilities and to deter potential PRC military pressure.

The U.S. commitment to the people of Taiwan and our obligation to safeguard Taiwan's space to make its own determinations about its own future without threat of coercion or use of force must be unequivocal.

Building closer and more enduring economic ties between Taiwan and the world is also crucial to assure that Taiwan and others have the wherewithal to withstand Beijing's efforts at economic coercion.

Energy is the cash cow that funds these military deployments.

I believe much Russian blood will be spilled and there will be Russians going home in body bags if he invades this country.

Vladimir Putin should understand that there is going to be a strong unified severe response should he decide to invade Ukraine.

The United States and our allies, I believe, must do more to deter Russia by increasing the costs of aggression.

I think it would be a very bloody fight. Lots of people would be killed and injured, and I think it is really important that the international community and the United States do as what--as we are doing today, which is letting people know…