It undermines the credibility of our negotiators, it makes it harder to work in a bipartisan way in Congress.

It is also frustrating to watch as the administration's trade moves seem more like knee-jerk impulses than any kind of carefully thought-out strategy.

It is, in my view, inexcusable that our democracy depends on such hackable voting technology made by a handful of companies that have been able to evade oversight.

I call tariffs a tax on American families.

it is certainly relevant to discuss President Trump's behavior toward the Russians and towards our allies

one of the best ways to be able to push back on Russian attacks on our democracy is to have a lot of allies close to us

Yes, I consider ZTE an espionage threat.

Those are challenges that demand action, but taking action gets harder when you are surrounded by the specter of conflict of interest.

You are taxing American families, you are putting American jobs at risk.

I will tell you, respectfully, nothing I have heard this morning sounds like we are going to be on top of this anytime soon.

I would like to ask you this morning to commit to providing this committee on a bipartisan basis within a week a specific timetable and specific fixes so that the small businesses and the workers who are contacting us can really have a…

I was struck by the fact that during all of this, the Trump administration had a nominee, Mr. William Evanina, to head an important and new counterintelligence post.

When it comes to trade, Americans have a right to know that it's their best interests Trump administration officials are looking out for at the negotiating table.

I think it is a real head-slapper, and it will certainly be baffling to these small businesses that check in with all of us on this committee for anybody to say that this process is going well.

A strong, well-planned strategy on trade would bring the full economic might of the United States and our allies to bear on China's trade cheating.

I hope that we will get this within a week.

the process on these tariff exclusion issues is, quote, 'going to be so unbelievably random, and some companies are going to get screwed.'

Tariffs on cars and trucks target our closest allies.

America's small businesses believe they are being held hostage in a bureaucratic twilight zone waiting to see if they are going to escape.

there ought to be more consultation with the Congress.

Its most obvious accomplishment on trade is sowing economic chaos that's united our allies and China against us.

I wish to offer my most sincere appreciation and gratitude to Erika K. Lunder, legislative attorney with the American Law Division of the Congressional Research Service, CRS. Erika will be leaving CRS on June 22, 2018, after 15 years of…

I don't want to make this a cake-tossing contest, but I also want it understood that my colleague from Oregon has done an invaluable service to the country by showing the importance of what is happening at the border, where there is an…

the President and Secretary Perry are doubling down on this commonsense defined plan to blow up the energy markets by issuing an emergency order to subsidize uncompetitive energy facilities, and this strikes me as a real abuse of power.

step one when you're looking to sharpen our trade policies and fight for American workers is enforcing the laws on the books.