I was dismayed last year when the Director of National Intelligence refused to appear in public before our Committee for this hearing.

I believe--my personal belief is--that the United States and the west writ large was a little bit asleep at the switch.

I want to be extremely clear about something. As we grapple with the challenges posed by a rising China, our problem is with the Chinese Communist Party, not with the Chinese people or the Chinese Diaspora globally.

Chairman Xi is not about the good of his people. He's about the good of his party and the way they oppress their people.

Moving forward, bringing the notarization process into the 21st century seems like the right direction to move in.

I believe Senator Casey asked if you had any idea of the backlog.

I know, with the pandemic, it has been an incredibly challenging year.

One of the things I hope to work with you on--and one of the disappointments in the March package we just completed was that we did not do the full level of IT modernization.

I think it makes sense to start there. I think we do have to look at the corporate tax rate, which at 21 percent is too low.

I think there is room for a lot more tax revenue.

The important thing is the competitiveness of our location as a place to do things, and that requires an adequate funding of the state.

I look forward to working with you and Senator Brown as we try to get this international corporate structure right.

If we are going to stay competitive with China, for example, which is making record investments in next-generation technology, how are we going to be able do that in any kind of fair way with these kind of revenue levels?

The 2017 bill did not get it right.

I have great respect for my friend Senator Toomey, but I have got to tell you, in the last presentation, there was some cherry-picking going on.

For our economy to remain competitive in the 21st century, do we need to use the levers available to make sure companies get back to investing in human beings?

when we fail to have metrics that are actually commonly measurable between companies, we put American companies at a disadvantage.

These institutional investors find that as they look at the long-term financial risk... climate is providing a long-term financial risk.

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.

BlackRock came out last night saying they think we ought to have mandatory financial reporting on environmental risks.

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

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

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.

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