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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

I ask unanimous consent that there be 2 minutes equally divided. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I call up amendment No. 1391 and ask that it be reported by number. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the amendment by number. The legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Virginia [Mr. Warner], for himself and Mr…

My colleagues, I think this may be the last amendment. It is broadly bipartisan. This amendment simply continues provisions that were included in the earlier COVID relief packages. It was called section 3610, and it ensures that our…

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

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

I think that dramatically disadvantages retail investors.

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

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

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

my fear is we have got an unlevel playing field from a tax accounting and reporting system in terms of investment in human capital versus investment in tangible goods.

No one in America should be working full-time and not be able to feed their family or put a roof over their head.

I have been looking at trying to create the equivalent of an R&D tax credit for employers that actually up-skill their workforce.

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.

I do think we need a Federal minimum wage. It is not a top-end wage.

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.

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