Susan Collins

The collapse of the Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank have been a really stark reminder of the important role Treasury does play regulating our banks

Strong funding for Treasury means strong enforcement of our sanctions against Russia and Iran, the drug cartels, and other dangerous actors.

The IRS is now answering 90 percent of its phone calls. That is a dramatic improvement from the 13 percent last year.

Advancing Middle East peace, regional integration, and normalization between Israel and its neighbors is a priority of this Administration and this agency.

My concern is this: is that money really going to get to women and children?

How anyone could be shocked that the Taliban resumed its extraordinary harsh measures against children, and against girls and women, is beyond me.

What does all this mean for the delivery of assistance to women and girls in Afghanistan? Are we really going to be able to reach them?

We are going to be, shortly, reintroducing that bipartisan bill. It proposes critical reforms to increase the effectiveness and impact of USAID's maternal and child survival programs.

I also think that there is a very interesting debate on the best way to help people around the world who are struggling with hunger: Is it to provide them with food, or is it to teach them how to grow their own food, so that they can…

Thank you very much, Chairman Coons. I am delighted to join you today.

In fiscal year 2023, the Department of Defense began to transition its Operation Allies Welcome to the Department of State under Operation Enduring Welcome.

As of December 31, 2022, there were over 147,000 principal applicants in the Afghan SIV pipeline.

Are you satisfied with this pace? No.

I think it has a profound impact in Asia, for example. Everyone is watching to see how we and the world respond to this aggression.

Let me encourage you, and the other members of the administration, including the President, to make that case to the American people, much more forcefully.

If we allow the Russian aggression in Ukraine to go forward with impunity, we open a Pandora's box around the world.

I view the two challenges as interconnected, and believe that Russia and China are working in concert to reshape the international order to our disadvantage.

I remember in 2008 when it was raised from $100,000 to $250,000 during that financial crisis. Now, some of our colleagues, including Senator Elizabeth Warren, has recommended that we raise up to $2 million or even up to $10 million.

Well, I want to switch to relate it by different topics. But to me, it creates a situation where you are rewarding very wealthy depositors and you are creating the need for a special assessment that is going to be imposed on those…

There is no safer place in the U.S. banking system to put your deposits.

Families are also counting on us to raise the debt limit, without drama, without delay.

When our families are less financially secure, our Nation is less financially secure.

We have a responsibility to deliver for the American people by working together to draft and pass funding bills.

Thanks to the funding the Democrats passed, the IRS is now answering 90 percent of its phone calls.

We need a modern IRS.