Sherrod Brown

The unions--the AFGE and the other VA unions you negotiate with and work with are not typically the unions that my question would be involved with.

I want to acknowledge the VA's efforts regarding the Institute of Medicine's recent report.

My growing concern is that expediting claims processing has led to an increase in veterans filing appeals.

Don't news reports suggest that there is no harm but perhaps reason for you to ask the Justice Department for some of this, any of this information that they might think important to this country's financial system and to these banks and…

I appreciate your bringing attention to those issues by which taxpayers/workers will benefit from the EITC.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Chair Yellen, welcome back. It is good to see you again and good to have you in front of our Committee.

I think there is no question, as reports have recently made pretty clear, that it has made for stronger banks and a more stable financial system.

I agree with your statement that this needs to be addressed.

I know you may be unable to address details of an ongoing investigation, but summarize for this Committee, if you would, Madam Chair, what the Fed would normally do to pursue allegations like these regarding tax evasions by a major…

These are, as you know, very serious accusations and in some cases more than accusations, as we found.

This hearing is timely as Federal agencies have made important changes recently that benefit the smallest depository institutions.

I appreciate that you have invited both Federal and State regulators to continue the conversation that we had last fall about regulatory relief for small banks and for credit unions.

We do not think that the numbers that we have picked have kind of an absolute truth to them.

So this is a proposal that fundamentally shuts down tax havens, as we have discussed before, and prevents a global race to the bottom.

I am hopeful that, as we move forward on that, we can bring you in our direction a little bit more.

Let us speak of something that we can work out--thank you for that--and that we have worked out bipartisanly for decades, and that is the Social Security Disability Insurance.

I want to echo their remarks.

Funding for a new facility for NIOSH was not included in the FY2016 proposed budget.

There are few things that this committee works on, a few important major things, that have had the history of bipartisanship that CHIP has.

Senator Murray and I introduced the Insuring Access to Primary Care for Women and Children Act, which would have extended this payment parity for 2 more years.

Forty Governors, both parties, have written to this committee to stress how critical the current CHIP program is to their States.

Congress needs to act swiftly to avoid any disruption in children's coverage.

The Administration is committing to us that there will be a significant, important role of Congress throughout this process.

The Administration is pursuing an aggressive trade agenda, and it is important that Congress continue to provide equally aggressive oversight of all trade negotiations.

These agreements will have major consequences for workers and companies in the U.S. and the global economy.