Pat Toomey

We ought to be focusing on lifting Government shutdown orders, reopening our schools, and distributing vaccines as quickly as we possibly can.

The Government can set any minimum wage it wants, but there is always a minimum wage of zero.

President Biden and our Democratic colleagues are pushing a $1.9 trillion bill that is completely detached from any kind of economic reality.

The economy is in recovery mode.

But small businesses and workers do not need a $1.9 trillion bill that is wasteful, not at all targeted, and largely unrelated to COVID.

It seems pretty clear that what this amounts to is the Government picking winners and losers.

The Democratic plan is not an economic relief bill, as its size and its content bears no relation to the economic circumstances we are in.

COVID has been an unprecedented crisis, and Congress' response has been unprecedented as well.

It creates a chilling effect and seriously discourages future investment.

There was not a shortage of remdesivir. There was not a problem with people who could not afford it.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, and thank you, Chairman Powell. Welcome back to the Banking Committee.

I would like to stress we have already allocated $1 trillion in direct assistance to individuals, and that is a big part of why in the aggregate household income is so high.

The President's call for unity is starting to ring hollow.

I would just like to make a unanimous request to insert into the record 17 letters that I received related to today's hearing.

If we do another round of stimulus checks, first, do you agree with my assessment that a majority of those checks end up going to people who never had any lost income, no interruption of income?

These closures have been very harmful to student performance and well-being.

The minimum wage that you are subject to and if that were to be rolled out nationally, is it your view that that does not affect equally small and large businesses but, rather, puts the small businesses at a competitive disadvantage?

So the short version is less supply and higher cost for low-income housing?

The focus of Congress should be working to return the economy to the pre-COVID strength.

There is no rational economic justification for what is in it.

The science is in. CDC research shows it is safe to reopen schools.

I approached this based on the evidence that was in front of us, some of which I witnessed personally, all of which was discussed in the trial. I did what I thought was right. and I would certainly like to think that regardless of my…

Do you think if a person can make more money by not working than they can make by working, does that affect their incentive to go back to work?

You yourself have a long list of statements casting doubt on the legitimacy of the 2016 election.

How is it fair to a blue-collar worker who did not go to college to have to contribute tax dollars to cover the cost of tuition of someone who is going to make $1 million more on average than he or she makes?