I think it is a very constructive proposal.

I am pleased that Senator Moran, and joined now by Senator Heitkamp, will reintroduce the Privacy Notice Modernization Act.

I find it wildly implausible to think that that is a reflection of a business cycle.

the reality is that these small banks have to spend a fair amount of time and energy and resources simply proving that they do not do what they have never done.

I was shocked by the amount of regulation that that bank was subject to then, and that was before Dodd-Frank.

If it is a Federal trust fund, do not trust it.

Runaway spending habits have bred excessive deficits and incredible debt.

Like any society, there are complexities, and there are competing interests, and there are differences of opinions.

I think additional sanctions are necessary.

We all do agree, as Senator Tester mentioned, that Iran is certainly among, if not the most dangerous regime in the world.

I think we ought to give them the opportunity to act appropriately.

Iran has been a bad actor. That is not breaking news.

I share his concerns very much, and maybe I can put it in a different way.

I also think we should make it clear to the President that he should seek to preclude any uranium enrichment capability by Iran.

The Supreme Leader remains the first among equals. At the end of the day, he is the critical person in terms of blessing or rejecting a deal.

So, objectively speaking, would the prospective, contingent, trigger-based sanctions of the type of the Kirk-Menendez legislation, would passage of that and the President signing it into law, would that be a violation of the JPOA?

Isn't it also true that if all they want is peaceful ability to generate electricity, they can purchase all the uranium that they need for that purpose?

I think we do need to pass a sanction bill that should be at least as strong as the Nuclear Weapon Free Iran Act of 2014.

We created five working groups, all assigned to study different areas of tax reform and come up with proposals.

I have made tax reform my highest legislative priority for this Congress, and I believe Senator Wyden feels pretty much the same.

The only way for Congress to effectively assert its role in these negotiations is through TPA.

We must continue to do these things in the future.

Congress needs to renew Trade Promotion Authority, or TPA as we call it, in short order.

I think the FSOC is very well aware of some other steps that need to be taken.

I share a concern... about the danger that we slide back into some variation of the status quo prior to the financial crisis.