Political Quotes

“I thank the other Senator from Ohio, Senator Portman, for his work in Ukraine. I was with the Ukrainian group over the last week or so and talked about the work Senator Portman has done. And we also talked about how Putin has just been shocked by the passion and the effectiveness and the strength and the courage of the Ukrainian opposition, surely, and also Putin has been shocked by President Biden's skill at putting together this coalition in opposition to the Russians. Germany, who hadn't really played in an exercise like this, in an action like this in decades, and Sweden and Finland and Switzerland-- countries that simply were neutral. And I appreciate Senator Portman's work on that and the President of the United States, and it is why we are doing a reasonably good job as a world, as a world community, in helping with refugees who have gone to Poland and Moldova and other areas while we are getting arms to them, while we are doing damage to the Russian economy and will continue to do that. So I thank my friend from Cincinnati. Nominations of Lael Brainard and Lisa DeNell Cook Mr. President, I urge my colleagues in joining me in voting to confirm the nominations of Lael Brainard to be Vice Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and Lisa Cook to be a Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve. Dr. Brainard and Dr.…”