I intend to see through to hold accountable the players in industry spreading the disinformation that will rock the very foundations of our economic wellbeing.

We ought to be able to determine wherever we are--everyday people, journalists, elected official, expert, whether there's a conflict of interest.

Senator Kaine is a very able lawyer and one of the key features or subtopics, if you will, of this hearing has been the problem of conflicts of interests.

the flood of money into both political parties is destroying our democracy and, yes, is making it much harder for us to fight climate change.

the American public overwhelming supports the Disclose Act.

I intend to see through to hold accountable the players in industry spreading the disinformation that will rock the very foundations of our economic wellbeing.

Negative externalities should be in the price of a product and that to shift that cost to the public is a subsidy.

Will the Senator yield for a question about how long he plans to speak, just for the convenience of others?

I come to the floor to support my colleague and friend Senator Cortez Masto in her efforts to bring this legislation not only to the floor but to passage. This has been a long, long trail of broken promises and false assertions. It began…

It just seems to me that when we're dealing with a population that includes so many children, that coming at this from perspective of kindness and love and support is the thing that just we ought to be doing as fellow human beings.

the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023, P.L. 118-5, which Congress passed earlier this month, resolved a manufactured default crisis and avoided an economic catastrophe. In addition, the bipartisan bill provided a congressional budget for…

Let me shift to Ms. Arena for a moment. Your testimony makes comparisons between the tobacco industries' campaign of fraud and what the fossil fuel industry is doing these days.

There's just no point being mean to these kids. They've got enough going on already.

the flood of money into both political parties is destroying our democracy and, yes, is making it much harder for us to fight climate change.

Negative externalities should be in the price of a product and that to shift that cost to the public is a subsidy.

We ought to be able to determine wherever we are--everyday people, journalists, elected official, expert, whether there's a conflict of interest.

It just seems to me that when we're dealing with a population that includes so many children, that coming at this from perspective of kindness and love and support is the thing that just we ought to be doing as fellow human beings.

the American public overwhelming supports the Disclose Act.

I intend to see through to hold accountable the players in industry spreading the disinformation that will rock the very foundations of our economic wellbeing.

nothing has been more pernicious in law than abstract theories untethered from reality.

I will leave it to members to reach their own conclusions as to the honesty of testimony that the IMF reports were unofficial and not peer reviewed.

Those who are willing to say let it all be transparent are not trying to silence anyone.

The IMF report is considered official by the IMF and was prepared using peer-reviewed methodology.

Senator Kaine is a very able lawyer and one of the key features or subtopics, if you will, of this hearing has been the problem of conflicts of interests.

The American people are tired of waiting.