Sherrod Brown

I am pretty surprised you do not know these things, because you have been rather defensive, for probably good reason, about what happened at OneWest.

I hope that that comment about Valium does not set the tone for 2017 and this committee.

Would you commit to report back on any issue that should arise on a property owned by Mr. Trump or his family?

I do not see how HUD can avoid the appearance of a conflict should any issue arise on this property, do you?

You characterized that rule as a Government-engineered attempt to legislate racial equality.

If confirmed, I think you understand you will be held to the ideas you have expressed today.

Dr. Carson is a distinguished neurosurgeon. His remarkable life story is well known to all of us and to millions of Americans.

I welcome our new Members: Senator Schatz, Senator Van Hollen, Senator Cortez Masto--good to see you--Senator Kennedy, Senator Tillis, and Senator Perdue.

I echo what Senator Crapo said about his and my relationship. We have worked together on the Finance Committee.

I will work with all members of the embassy community to promote and foster an inclusive and diverse embassy team.

I want to thank her for her dedication to public service and commend her for her 6357th consecutive vote in the US Senate.

I understand I may be off over the last couple of days, but 6,357 consecutive votes, which is the record in the United States Senate.

I want to thank President Trump for giving me the opportunity to represent the interests of the United States of America in these two wonderful countries.

I want to say thank you to Senator Warren, Senator Markey, Senator Shaheen and Senator Hassan, among others, for their early indication of support for my candidacy.

I want to thank President Trump for his trust and for giving me the opportunity to represent the interests of the United States of America in these two wonderful countries.

I also want to thank Senator Shaheen, Senator Markey, Senator Warren, and Senator Hassan for their early indication of support.

I thank my colleague from Virginia, who is always speaking up for our men and women in uniform and for our Nation's veterans. ____________________

I would like to at least ask you to do this, then: Once you have made that determination of how many there are, I would like you to make them whole; and if you are not willing to make them whole, I would like a written response about why…

I would like more on that, because my understanding is that at least initially you have to confront your supervisor, who has much to say about it.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thank you for starting a second round. I appreciate that. There is so much more to discuss.

Your agencies have the authority to make criminal referrals. Have you done so in this case?

I found it particularly telling--that Mr. Stumpf said he met pretty much weekly, sometimes more often, with Ms. Tolstedt.

I call it 'fraud' because I got tired of the euphemisms a long time ago.

I was stunned when I learned of the breadth and the duration of the fraud committed by Wells Fargo.

There are always efforts of one country playing off against another, one set of companies playing off one country against another to try to weaken rules.