Mark Warner

I would clearly urge them to talk to the United States Navy, which is not viewed as kind of an out-of-the-ballpark group.

More staff. More PPE. And that is exactly what Genesis should have done. It should have invested in workers like you.

The next time there is a pandemic, seniors should not be stuck in sub-par institutions run by greedy CEOs and vulture firms in order to make a quick buck.

We cannot allow corporate greed to determine whether or not workers and seniors in this country live or die.

I think, as we think about areas where we, America needs to lead, the semiconductor industry is a clear example of that.

I appreciate the fact that both you and Senator Crapo have already raised the issue of protecting critical supply chains.

So there is legislation that was included in the NDAA, the so-called CHIPS Act that Senator Cornyn and I think will probably speak to it.

We have to use the tax code and, in certain places, direct government investment to be competitive.

I hope we would look at some of the questions around best execution, because I think I actually frankly have seen some evidence that there is some manipulation going on there.

Your average American does not need Big Government coming in to limit her access to and choices in the stock market.

I really do fear that oftentimes these retail investors are, frankly, not customers. I think they are the product.

I certainly hope they did not invest money they could not afford to lose, but it is not the Government's job to tell people which stocks they can and which they cannot buy.

In my view, there is one action that regulators should pursue, and Chairman Brown alluded to this, and that is to finish the work that it started in 2004 for a faster settlement cycle.

I think that dramatically disadvantages retail investors.

What if a company, through the natural economics of network economics, collect and concentrates and dominates a field.

I think this whole question of market structure and payment for order flow, interest has been reignited around GameStop.

Virginia is home to about 170,000 Federal workers. They have been under enormous assault under the Trump administration.

I know some of my colleagues on the Republican side have made the decision about Neera Tanden. I hope some will still reconsider.

That's not only not realistic but it's not a good use of U.S. political capital.

It's imperative that we work on a digital trade strategy that can garner the support of our allies and close trading partners.

I really think, around technology development, we are going to need a coalition of the willing.

I fear that we could see a duplication of that in artificial intelligence, facial recognition, quantum computing, a host of other areas.

That is a business model where any American and, for that matter, any western company will be at a disadvantage.

Protecting a secure digital infrastructure has never been a priority in our trade negotiations.

In talking about China, my beef is with the Communist Party of China and President Xi Jinping, and it is not with the Chinese people.