Bob Menendez Jr.

Absolutely, that's exactly what I'm referencing. And, and so, you know, what is the problem with recognizing that white supremacists, those who stormed the Capitol with Confederate flags with Nazi symbols, and who, you know, shouted racial…

Last week, I reintroduced the STRATEGIC Act with several colleagues, which includes proposals to put the United States on a stronger path to win this competition.

It seems to me that we need to look forward to the future of manufacturing and ensure that America is where that manufacturing occurs.

I believe we need to invest in our world-leading university system and develop public-private partnerships between universities and the private sector.

The United States must lead.

America must set the right example.

democracy as a fundamental American value, and how it drives our foreign policy.

Building and sustaining democracy should be a first principle, not an afterthought.

I felt it was paramount to use my first policy hearing as chairman this Congress to examine democracy as a fundamental American value.

Our partnerships are not blank checks.

I do not think that our toolkit has kept up with the emerging threats to democracy.

authoritarian governments are seizing more and more power, dismantling core democratic institutions.

I would like to turn our attention to racial inequity in the stock market.

Is the lack of stock ownership among minority families an impending factor in their ability to build wealth?

I would like be on them like white on rice, but as a community I want us to know who is diversifying.

The problem is that corporate America has a diversity problem.

During your tenure as the student loan ombudsman, the CFPB returned over $750 million to wronged student borrowers.

I think disclosure to the American investing public is incredibly important.

I believe that shareholder should know if their corporate executives are using their money as a piggy bank for their causes.

I think that student loan debt shakes the very foundations of the American middle class.

Do you agree that greater diversity tends to lead to better corporate performance, as found by McKinsey and others?

transparent price disclosure is the foundation of a free market without which price competition effectively fails.

the current lack of any disclosure requirements leaves small businesses exposed to deceptive practices.

It is critical for manufacturers in my State that USTR advance and defend strong intellectual property rules in our trade agreements in a global forum like the World Trade Organization.

After the last 4 years, it is clear that we need more transparency in our trade policy-making, and USTR is one of the few Cabinet agencies that does not have an Inspector General.