Ron Wyden

What followed was more of the same: chaos.

It creates chaos, threatens to derail the discussions, and, at the very least, distracts from the important issues.

It is hard to identify a coherent strategy that will help American workers, businesses, and farmers when the dust settles.

Total chaos on trade is not going to create a single red, white, and blue job in America.

The fact is, China has stolen our intellectual property, held American companies hostage until they disclosed their trade secrets.

Our country needs baseline mandatory Federal election security standards, and what I'm talking about here are paper ballots and post-election risk-limiting audits.

If you aren't the person that you say you are, you are in one heck of a bad way. You are going to face serious, serious penalties.

I think it is a national scandal, the security issues you've talked about and the idea that so many of our people wait in these lines only to be told they ought to go somewhere else.

I was just stunned at the brazenness of these voting machine companies.

In order to evaluate whether our foster care programs are succeeding at protecting our most vulnerable youth and giving them a chance to get ahead, the Federal Government needs key information from States, which run each individual program.

Everybody wants foster kids to be safe and well cared for.

Since child welfare would be under Mrs. Johnson's purview at HHS, I want to start my remarks with some major concerns I have over the Trump administration blocking key rules meant to help foster kids.

If confirmed, I will faithfully execute the laws as passed by Congress.

The President's budget is a policy document intended to express the administration's position on programs that have a budgetary impact.

Perhaps we could even get you to Rhode Island to visit Women and Infants Hospital to see their program.

In particular, we are seeing babies who are born opioid-dependent.

Federal law, in my view, as I said, is completely clear: you should not place foster kids in detention facilities.

Pretty much any group out there that is advocating for the children says you should not place foster kids in detention facilities.

I need to be clear that your nomination is not going forward with my support unless there is a commitment from the Department to get this done and a timeline to do it.

My view is, as I told you in the office, this is indefensible.

I am not going to let this quietly pass in the night. It is too important to vulnerable children.

If somebody had said in the winter of 2017 that this committee would produce a 10-year reauthorization of the Children's Health Insurance Program... in a polarized climate like this, in a bipartisan way, I think they would have been seen…

Family First is a revolution in child welfare development.

I think it is fair to say this is one of the biggest developments in child welfare reform in over 2 decades.

I need follow-up. We need to have this done promptly and if it's not, then we will have to go the route of the Inspector General.