"First impressions are everything, and when you release that document, I think it is fair for us to assume that there was data beyond that document."
"If you really want this to work, as Senator McCaskill has said, you have to form a greater partnerships with us."
"Did you consult the President's Postal Task Force? Did you consult the Postal Service? What were their recommendations as you move forward with a recommendation for privatization?"
"I am going to stay on the macro effects of this trade policy, because this is not good for our economy."
"the right way to do it is to expand trade agreements, in my opinion, not impose reciprocal tariffs."
"I am deeply concerned about the long-term ramifications of this so-called short-term policy."
"I think it is clear--I have been probably one of the most outspoken critics of the President's trade policy here, certainly on this side of the aisle."
"I think that no one benefits when the advice is not vetted, when the advice is not accurate."
"I probably have put a lot of pressure on the Chairman to look not just at the coast, but look at the Midwest."
"I appreciate so much what the IGs do and what you do, Mr. Dodaro."
"when you do not do those audits, you do not see the patterns in behavior that either could be deterred or they could be, in fact, prosecuted and deterred."