Kevin Cramer

In March, Chairman Carper and I wrote to President Biden asking that he promptly put forth a bipartisan pairing of qualified nominees, one Democrat and one Republican.

I think that invests in the infrastructure that moves an economy and pays people to work to build it and to use it rather than not pay them to work.

Do any of these incentives require people to work to get them or is this just going to be added on to whatever they are already getting, regardless of their employment situation?

Thank you both for being here. Congratulations, Chairman Powell. I look forward, as do many of my colleagues, to supporting your confirmation.

That is called bait and switch. That is what has--you just made a strong commitment to Senator Padilla that you are going to, you used the word continue several times, which is concerning to me, because I am not interested in continuing…

Nobody has done anything about this.

I am less optimistic each time this promise is made.

I know that you guys have talked about it. Just kudos to him on doing it. It is the right thing, and I am sure we will have success.

I am a little perplexed why it takes legislation to do the right thing.

Thank you, Ms. Fox, for being here and for your service.

What I see is a transfer of climate guilt to big polluters as somehow making us feel better.

I am just having a heck of a time understanding why we apologize for the United States while covering for China.

Some human infrastructure package that’s just socialism.

It’s sort of fun to watch their chaos.

I really do think there are solutions out there that bridge all of this.

I just think we need to do a lot more.

I helped lead the charge to reauthorize the Bank a couple years ago with Senator Sinema.

So in light of what is going on with unemployment, now I know you want to just tax people a whole bunch more and pay people not to work so maybe unemployment is not a problem, but is it? Couldn't we please rethink this strategy, Madame…

I would rather set a goal, a global goal, and hold the real polluters accountable rather than reducing our economy and putting us at a disadvantage.

I mean part of the reason we have this no longer transitory inflation, Mr. Chairman, is because we keep giving money away like it grows on trees and we increase the demand for products while diminishing the supply.

I mean when our President has to call on OPEC+ to help bring the price of gasoline down by increasing production, all the while we shut off our own, whether by fiat or by innuendo, that does not seem like a great strategy to me. I think…

That could obviously force financial institutions to put political and social agendas ahead of their investors and ahead of their banks, ahead of the American economy.

Because the person that shot her is a police officer shooting a criminal violating -- not complying with officers telling her, stop, don`t come through that window, we have guns drawn, you -- don`t do it.

I just came from a meeting of some of the negotiators. And I want you to know, Senator Capito and Senator Carper, and the team here, the staff, that I asked a very direct, specific question: Does the unanimously passed EPW Surface…

Climate change is a global issue, so let us think about risk in the global--in the global context.