Mitt Romney

The Senate just passed legislation mandating a diplomatic boycott of the Olympic Games in Beijing and which I believe is very appropriate.

they could be arrested for doing so under Chinese law.

Elections have consequences. And the Democrats have a very small majority. And, as a result, they can take action on their own.

I would note that prior to COVID, I believe the economy was at a record level of growth and record levels of low unemployment for minorities and for the entire population.

Clearly, it is in our interest in a very critical nation in the world to see vaccinations that we have available going to Taiwan.

that seems confiscatory.

I mean, I do not have the sources of information that you have, obviously, but it read as if it was almost a failed state.

I am concerned that a lot of that funding is going to end up in corrupt hands.

53 percent of Americans pay no income tax at all. Should that number get higher?

I just hope that you will bring extra attention to that issue.

I think the best solutions to this crisis are completing the barrier, mandatory E-Verify.

the top 10 percent earn 40 percent of the income and are paying 71 percent of the taxes.

Corporations are people, my friend. Of course they are. Everything corporations earn ultimately goes to people.

I would think that, as we think about the policies that we want to have with regards to childrearing, that we would give authority to the parents to make that decision as opposed to an administration to make it for them.

A number of Republicans said--Senator Rubio and myself and others have introduced legislation that would provide for paid maternity leave, but do so without imposing new costs on taxpayers or employers.

I mean, do you recognize this as an alarming crisis?

Do you have plans to do something dramatically different such that those numbers come down to an acceptable level?

We have challenges here we cannot solve that we have been working on for years.

I must admit that I have found this hearing to be stunning in that it seems, Mr. Secretary, that you are proud of the progress being made by the administration, that things are going well at the border.

I think there is an urgent need to rethink our immigration system.

Well, propose a new law. I mean, we have a crisis both for children.

I find that extraordinary and extremely damning.

I mean, the President has put forward over $6 trillion dollars of legislation bills in his first 100 days.

At this stage, we are all here listening and, frankly, wondering why cannot we move as quickly as Russia and China.

Is there a written plan at this stage saying what our priorities are country by country?