prioritization of debt ceiling payments is just unworkable.

They're living way out in la-la land.

But it actually refers to pretty devastating stuff, does it not?

The Finance Committee will come to order, and we are happy to welcome the Treasury Secretary, Janet Yellen, this morning.

Helping working families and the middle class get ahead and reducing the deficit at the same time are not mutually exclusive.

Potentially deadly serious.

Meanwhile Republicans continue to push to make Trump's 2017 tax cut for the rich permanent.

Those promises are piling up, but their numbers aren't adding up.

Free trade agreements cannot be unilaterally decided by the executive branch.

I am glad to see the President agrees that we need to put an end to two tax codes.

One of the most important steps the Congress can take now is make sure there are no questions about the full faith and credit of the United States.

We feel very strongly about protecting all those firefighters and nurses and all the small business people.

That a great number of us on this committee signed to the Acting Director of FinCEN.

We are concerned that the development of the beneficial ownership rule has been far less than we had hoped.

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The Fire Funding Fix made a tremendous difference, and I could not agree more.

I'm the author of that legislation with Senator Crapo, so we could end finally this disgrace of fire borrowing.

My concern is that we're not seeing the urgency that is necessary, because we all know what the challenge is, and that's foot dragging by some people who mean well, but they're just not on the program of reform.

Senator Whitehouse was always out there making the case.

I'm the author of that legislation with Senator Crapo, so we could end finally this disgrace of fire borrowing.

We made the biggest investment in climate change in American history last year.