Our nominee understands these challenges. She is a business woman.

Will you commit to provide Congress with a full accounting of all the new shipper bonds that secure anti-dumping duties on these agricultural imports from China?

You come from the business community, and you understand their needs.

There is a lot of transshipped honey from China, and the enforcement mechanisms that are available to prevent that do not get effectively utilized.

the justifiable public outrage over the actions taken by the IRS against conservative organizations underscores how critical it is for government leaders to scrupulously honor the public trust.

We need to remove needless and outdated regulation and reduce burdensome tax rates for businesses of all sizes.

Today, this is a hearing that recognizes that trade is not only about bilateral and multi-lateral agreements, it is also about ensuring that our laws allow for the easiest possible movement of goods and agricultural products, while at the…

I just want to know if you are prepared to exercise your authority granted in the law to protect U.S. aviation users.

Our bill also includes a sense of Congress calling on USTR to encourage other nations to follow our example by also improving their de minimis thresholds.

The one outcome that is not acceptable to me is to continue to borrow and to transfer from the general fund.

I would like to point out that there are several outstanding letters that I sent... that remain unanswered.

The poor planning resulted in disruptions in FAA staffing and delays for passengers across the country.

does the Senator from Michigan want to lock in a time agreement on the votes?

This is legislation that is designed to expedite trade flows, while also improving enforcement of our trade laws.

Infrastructure is important. It is important to our country, it is important to our competitiveness, it is important to our economy.

I first want to start with just a word about the tragedy in Oklahoma. Our thoughts and prayers are with the families impacted by yesterday's devastating storms, as well as the first responders and volunteers who rushed to the scene. I hope…

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And so I hope that you will get your pencils out and find as many savings as you can within the department's budget.

First, the bill includes a provision designed to stop the evasion of anti-dumping duties by importers of Chinese honey.

This hearing gives our committee the opportunity to perform one of the most important constitutional responsibilities provided to members of the United States Senate, the power to give advice and consent on the president's executive and…

We cannot continue to borrow from the general fund to fund highways.

And so the reporting about the giving of this information to ProPublica, release of confidential information, could very well be a violation of law?

Well, there was a statement made over the weekend that whether the laws were broken was irrelevant.

I hope that we continue to get more facts out about this and that corrective actions are taken.

Don't you think that you should have had an obligation to correct that statement that you had made in front of the House Committee?