Reopening the economy is the single best thing we can do to improve outcomes for all Americans, including and especially minorities.

I am incredibly disappointed in the politicization of this COVID-19 response.

the Trump administration has followed the recommendations of the Obama Administration on that.

What I can guarantee for you is that we will continue to pursue those goals.

We look forward to continuing that conversation. We all recognize how important this is.

We want to help countries undertake the reforms and make the commitments that are necessary to become self-reliant...

The problem isn't with the Haitian people.

My money is on them because that energy, I think, will carry Tunisia forward.

We remain the largest contributor to the global AIDS effort.

We are measuring outcomes.

We are very proud of that, and I think it is something that we can celebrate.

It is young people who we have to point to for the future.

Men and women who raise their right hand and are willing to put their lives on the line for our freedom, that is simply unacceptable.

It is time we do something. Chairman Lynch and I met and discussed this, and together we are going to launch, this week I believe, sir, the K2 Veterans Toxic Exposure Accountability Act of 2020.

Over the past decade, more than 100 rural hospitals have been forced to close their doors, including 12 hospitals in Tennessee. These communities are now left without access to healthcare in general, let alone emergency care. Many rural…

if we get that wrong, everything else we do down below is a waste of time.

For almost half a century, we have watched our Nation dehumanize an entire group of people based on their age with the Roe decision allowing the killing of 60 million unborn children. This is the largest human rights violation of our time…

What I do want to get is an accurate count and so I am going to offer a few things that maybe some of you can consider.

I am willing to work with all of you on that particular issue.

We have undercounted in 1970. We undercounted in 1980. We undercounted in 1990. We undercounted in 2000.

I want to just say today that I live in the State of Tennessee, and in Tennessee, we are a fiscally responsible State. We have the lowest per capita debt in the Nation. We have no income tax at all. We have no investment income tax. When a…

we understand that lasting stability, prosperity, independence, and security on the African continent are in the national security interests of the United States

Instead of this laser focus on impeachment, we should be doing the people's work and passing a bill to help many Americans across this country who live in rural areas. My bipartisan Rural Health Care Access Act, H.R. 2990, would do just…

If you thought your nation would abandon you on the battlefield, you probably wouldn't aggressively expose yourself to enemy fire or put yourselves more violently in harm's way.

It just makes it much easier for us to write a bigger check knowing that you are looking for efficiencies in the system.