Our focus was on trying to increase transparency.

I think it's really important that when we talk about China as well, we put that extra asterisk in there, that our beef is with the CCP and leadership of Xi Jinping and it's not with the Chinese people or the Chinese Diaspora, wherever…

People guard information, and don't think 'sharing first.'

I appreciate your willingness to re-enter government service.

I think before 9/11, there was an inability to connect the dots.

I think the sooner you get into this job, the better for DHS, the better for our I&A, and the better for our country.

the pursuit of the Fed's goals will need to take these differences into account.

I would just ask that we--and we can continue this offline. But, you know, for those entities, and private capital that wants to come into these institutions with no intention of trying to take over control, whether we set up a different…

thank you for that recognition, and it is great to see you safe and secure, out of your vehicle, presiding over the Senate. It is a great honor for me to follow my friend the Senator from Michigan on this important day, and I want to start…

I want to thank you and Ranking Member Blunt for the way that you have conducted both the initial investigation and how the Rules Committee has really stepped up in terms of the assessment of making sure we protect the Capitol on an…

I think we have gotten better, but we still have room to grow in terms of the intelligence community's willingness to share information on a regular basis.

Thank you. I thank the Senator from Utah. Mr. President, I do hope this matter is resolved. I believe Amanda needs to be installed and doing her job. She has been up for this nomination literally for months. I also feel this is just one…

I rise today to seek unanimous consent to confirm Amanda Howe, President Biden's nominee to be the next Assistant Administrator for Mission Support at the Environmental Protection Agency. I believe that my friend Senator Lee is going to…

It is my understanding your concern with the nominee is not about the nominee's qualifications.

I am very concerned, sitting from the intel standpoint, that a lot of this is being used for illegal and illicit purposes.

My fear is if we do not have that kind of classified information sharing so you can have real time information, the Capitol Police are always going to be at a disadvantage.

I think the fact that you have been professional, bipartisan, and looking for the facts and looking for how we move forward is a tribute to both of you.

Well, thank you, Madam Chair, and thank you for giving me the flexibility to go from security clearances to K-9 units.

Again, one of the things we are working through is this issue of reciprocity.

I think there is concern about the potential that it creates a new opportunity for surveillance.

I believe that tapering and, frankly, accelerating it can kind of serve as an insurance policy if we do not see this return and we see these potential overheating of the economy.

I think history will treat those actions, certain areas excessive, but I think net-net, from a historical perspective, it will be well-regarded both for the American economy and for the world's economy.

One of the things we have got to maintain is some ability to move quickly, and we, obviously, Congress moved very quickly under President Trump and Secretary Mnuchin, with the outset of COVID.

I'd be really curious. I mean, I saw those same stories, literally in the hundreds of millions, if not billions potentially.

I am pretty disappointed in your views on Senate bill 2155.