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.

I took an oath, did you not?

Will you commit to working with me on ways to reduce the disparity for communities of color in the delivery of our health-care system?

California is the fifth largest economy in the world, is it not, if it were an independent country?

Would you agree then that addressing this disproportionate damage needs to be a central priority in relief efforts?

I believe we have the tools to try to make this an equitable recovery.

Unfortunately, we are not on a path to an equal recovery.

At the end of this pandemic, we need to ensure that we have a more equal society.

I hope you will work with me in helping me pass my Coronavirus Housing Counseling Investment Act, something I think that would help all of our families.

Today it is a sincere honor to introduce Dr. Cecilia Elena Rouse as President Biden's nominee for the Chair of the Presidential Council of Economic Advisers.

I understand the nature of political comments at the end of the day, and I believe from everything I have seen of Congresswoman Fudge that she will work for all people.

I am the lead sponsor of S615, the Trans-Sahara Counterterrorism Partnership Program Act.