we have already begun to hear a little revisionist history with respect to this crucial issue. There was exactly one amendment on the CARES Act, and that amendment, supported by almost every Senator on the other side of the aisle…

I am delighted that President Biden has nominated you, Governor Granholm, for this important position.

I think the important work that is being done on climate, our 21st Century Civilian Conservation Corps, is an ideal fit with the cutting-edge research that you are doing at the Department of Energy.

It is the longest running battle since the Trojan War.

clean energy can create more high skill, high wage jobs.

Hearing that it is urgent business for you is what the people of the Pacific Northwest want to hear.

We need to really have a concrete, specific game plan to complete this decades-long effort and actually deal with the safety of the people in Oregon and Washington, in particular.

I am grateful to you, Senator Murkowski, for convening this hearing this morning to consider the nomination of my friend, Governor Jennifer Granholm, to be the nation's 16th Secretary of Energy.

it is a pleasure tonight to be making the case for Janet Yellen, former Chair of the Federal Reserve, to be the next Secretary of the Treasury. It is an awfully easy case to make. Chair Janet Yellen deserves to be in the Senate…

I have a request for one committee to meet during today's session of the Senate. It has the approval of the Majority and Minority leaders. Pursuant to rule XXVI, paragraph 5(a), of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the following committee…

a few minutes ago, Chair Janet Yellen was approved by the Senate Finance Committee to be Secretary of the Treasury by an extraordinary 26-to-0 vote. I have seen times around here in the Senate where you come away convinced you couldn't get…

first, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate be in a period of morning business, with Senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

I rise to discuss the nomination of Avril Danica Haines to be Director of National Intelligence. I think my colleagues know that in a few minutes, the Senate will be voting on her nomination for this key position. I briefly intend to…

I am developing a proposal to reform the taxation of capital gains for the top three-tenths of 1 percent of taxpayers.

It's a shame that this country has never had a woman Treasury Secretary.

Who better to lead the Treasury Department and help kick off the next economic expansion than the person who did so much to bring about the last one?

I am looking forward to working with Secretary Yellen on all these issues, and more.

The outgoing administration was big on corporate tax giveaways, and it increased incentives to ship jobs overseas instead of eliminating them.

I believe that under Chair Yellen's leadership, there will be a return to the productive relationship we expect between Treasury and the bipartisan members of this committee.

At the Federal Reserve, Chair Yellen challenged decades of conventional economic wisdom that put too much focus on inflation and deficits.

America knows that they are getting mugged at the pharmacy counter.

The good news is, Chair Yellen is exactly the right person to lead the Treasury Department through these big economic challenges.

the committee does want to move expeditiously.

The Treasury Department will have a key role to play on climate.

What a shame. Anybody who doubts Chair Yellen's commitment to policies that give everybody a chance to get ahead, just has not been paying attention.