Pat Toomey

You know, Wyoming is very blessed in that we have an abundance of natural resources, including robust minerals.

We should be rolling back the harmful Biden administration policies that are threatening the U.S. energy renaissance.

The truth of this whole situation that we have got to weigh and think about is the reason this has happened is because more efficient farming systems and approaches and companies deliver lower-cost food for consumers.

When our Government leaders start attacking our economy directly, that is where we have significant concerns.

You know, I think what we are going to hear today are two competing visions for how we help rural America.

Should the local jurisdictions and States where these systems reside have any responsibility to pay for these systems? Evidently not, according to my colleagues.

Last month, Democrats broke from that spirit of cooperation to ram through a wasteful, partisan $1.9 trillion spending bill.

To add insult to injury, we sent these billions to transit agencies without requiring them to implement any reforms.

There is a real lack of accountability when there are subsidies, and especially the further removed the subsidies are from the system.

I think should come together and responsibly reauthorize the FAST Act and in the process reduce wasteful, outdated, and duplicative spending.

It is staggering how much we have just spent.

I think if we are willing to cover 100 percent of the costs of the transit systems, that is great.

Should the local jurisdictions and the States in which they operate, should they have any responsibility at all to contribute to the costs of these systems?

Last month, our Democratic colleagues broke from the bipartisan approach we had maintained in dealing with this crisis.

The financial woes of many big-city transit agencies pre-date COVID and are tied to chronic financial mismanagement.

I think we can both agree that transparency is a good thing--particularly when it involves trillions of taxpayer dollars.

Improper payments continue to be a pressing and expensive issue.

Toomey, who is retiring in 2022, is eager to reach agreement on a targeted guns measure that can outlast Biden`s presidency.

Senator Pat Toomey signaled his willingness to work with President Joe Biden on his efforts to limit gun trafficking and the growing presence of ghost guns.

Under the previous administration, as Senator Toomey pointed out, there was relative wage growth that was higher in the lower quintile of Americans

Let me be clear. It did not slow them down. As best I can determine, we ended them.

So I wish my Democratic colleagues would tell me what is wrong with that picture?

I think our challenge now, the way we ought to be thinking about the economy, is how do we get back to the best economy of my lifetime.

I cannot help but reflect on the big picture about this tax reform from 2017 that some of my Democratic colleagues seem not terribly fond of.

We hit all-time record lows for African American unemployment, Hispanic unemployment, women's unemployment.