Political Quotes

“Now, on the Endless Frontier Act, last night the Senate voted to move forward with the Endless Frontier Act with a vote of 86 to 11. It is likely that today the Senate will take another step to begin debate on the bill. It is my intention to have an open, bipartisan amendment process. The Endless Frontier Act already includes more than 20 bipartisan amendments from the Commerce Committee, under the leadership of Senator Cantwell and Ranking Member Wicker. I will expect we will consider several more here on the floor of the Senate. Later today, I will file a substitute amendment that pulls together more bipartisan legislation from across Senate committees into our comprehensive bill that we are now calling the U.S. Innovation and Competition Act. In addition to Chairwoman Cantwell and Ranking Member Wicker, I want to thank Chairman Menendez and Ranking Member Risch of Foreign Relations; Chairman Brown and Ranking Member Toomey of Banking; Chairman Peters and Ranking Member Portman of HSGAC; Chairwoman Murray and Ranking Member Burr of HELP; and Chairman Durbin, Ranking Member Grassley, and Senator Klobuchar of Judiciary. Finally, I want to thank the bipartisan group of Senators working on the CHIPS and 5G proposals throughout the process--not only Senators Cantwell and Wicker but Senators Warner, Kelly, Cornyn, Cotton, Leahy, and Stabenow. Restoring America's competitive edge should unite Senators from both sides of the aisle.…”