We need a secure border. And we need Congress to actually work together on that, not just demagogue issue after issue.

First of all, we've learned that you can't just imprison everybody. You just can't arrest, and arrest, and arrest your way out of it.

We must continue that progress.

Those days for banking executives are over.

Meanwhile, corporations somehow always find a way to increase their profits. They always find a way.

We must continue that progress.

For the economy to truly deliver security and opportunity for American workers, we need plentiful job opportunities, we need high wages, and we need low prices.

No matter what goes wrong in the economy--whether it is a financial crisis or bank failures, whether it is supply chain turmoil or energy market disruption--working people always pay the price.

Meanwhile, corporations somehow always find a way to increase their profits. They always find a way.

I rise today to honor a great economist, a trailblazer, and a friend of mine: Dr. Bill Spriggs. Bill was born here in Washington, DC, to a professor and a schoolteacher. He shared his parents' love of learning and went on to attend…

For the economy to truly deliver security and opportunity for American workers, we need plentiful job opportunities, we need high wages, and we need low prices.

I do not think that Congress and 2155 and Barr's predecessor, Mr. Quarles, weakening the rules even more... are off the hook either for Silicon Valley Bank.

For the economy to truly deliver security and opportunity for American workers, we need plentiful job opportunities, we need high wages, and we need low prices.

Those days for banking executives are over.

For the economy to truly deliver security and opportunity for American workers, we need plentiful job opportunities, we need high wages, and we need low prices.

I do not think that Congress and 2155 and Barr's predecessor, Mr. Quarles, weakening the rules even more... are off the hook either for Silicon Valley Bank.

No matter what goes wrong in the economy--whether it is a financial crisis or bank failures, whether it is supply chain turmoil or energy market disruption--working people always pay the price.

No matter what goes wrong in the economy--whether it is a financial crisis or bank failures, whether it is supply chain turmoil or energy market disruption--working people always pay the price.

Those days for banking executives are over.

In April, the Black unemployment rate hit 4.7 percent, the lowest in 50 years.

The economy is in a different place from where it was at this time last year.

Meanwhile, corporations somehow always find a way to increase their profits. They always find a way.

We must continue that progress.

This is the strongest labor market for American workers in decades, thanks to the work that two of you have done on the Fed to help that happen.

Chair Powell, I look forward to hearing today how the Fed will protect American workers in the fight against inflation, and promote an economy with a strong, growing middle class.