I do not think we should be putting Americans, and for that matter American multi-nationals, at a competitive disadvantage this way.
Pat Toomey
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Patrick Toomey is a former United States Senator from Pennsylvania, serving from 2011 to 2022. A member of the Republican Party, Toomey was known for his focus on fiscal conservatism, economic growth, and limited government. During his tenure, he served on several Senate committees, including the Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, where he was involved in financial regulation and economic policy discussions.
many foreign financial institutions find this so cumbersome they simply refuse to provide banking systems to American citizens abroad.
it is not like we are reinventing something new here with this legislation; we are going back to the way it was before
I want to specifically encourage support for two bills that I have introduced with colleagues here.
It is a narrow fix related to the demo days and their treatment under the JOBS Act.
I would urge my colleagues to support the legislation that Senator Corker and I have, which would restore to Congress the authority to make the final decisions about the imposition of those tariffs.
I wish we would stop invoking national security, because that is not what this is about.
Look, Richard Nixon was about to be impeached and he resigned because he used the CIA to tell the FBI to stop investigating Watergate.





