I am requesting votes on two very important issues regarding this competition bill: No. 1 to put the Senate on record in opposition to providing $53 billion in corporate welfare to the highly profitable microchip industry, with no…

reserving the right to object. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator is recognized.

at a time of massive and growing income and wealth inequality, the American people are outraged at the unprecedented level of corporate greed that is taking place all around them. Today, while the working class of this country is…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Corporate Welfare

let me congratulate Senator Peters and Senator Portman for their work. This is a bill that has been looked at and worked on for a very long time, and I am glad that in a few moments we are going to pass it. I know that the people of…

pursuant to section 3101(c) of the fiscal year 2016 budget resolution, I move to waive section 3101 of that resolution for purposes of the pending measure, and I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient…

S. Con. Res. 14, the fiscal year 2022 congressional budget resolution, included a reserve fund in section 3003 to allow the chairman of the Committee on the Budget to revise budget aggregates and committee allocations for legislation that…

it is important, I think, that we acknowledge a very simple truth that few people can disagree with and that is we are living at this moment in the most difficult time of our lives. I say to the American people, if you are feeling anxious…

I support the efforts that Senator Warner and Senator Manchin are trying to make any bankruptcy laws in this country a little more fair.

When we talk about power in America many people think that, you know, President of the United States, pretty powerful guy, that he is the most powerful person in this country. Well, frankly, I am not so sure.

Warrior Met miners are on strike today because private equity ripped them off.

Are you concerned that this extraordinary concentration of ownership might be a danger to our economy, and, in fact, with so much power in so few hands a danger to democratic society?

No entity should have that kind of power delegated to them by the laws that are passed here in this location that we are sitting now.

I think that the act introduced by Senator Warren would be a very good first step.

Never before in the history of the United States of America have so few owned so much and had so much power over our economy.

Today, in America, just three--one, two, three--Wall Street firms--BlackRock, Vanguard, and State Street--manage $22 trillion in assets.

I have been trying to work with Joe Manchin on re-establishing a higher priority for workers and their pensions.

What is happening at Warrior Met is not an aberration. It is not an exception to the rule.

Thank you very much.

In 2016, a group of private equity funds, led by Apollo and Blackstone, acquired Walter Energy and formed Warrior Met Coal.

It is disgraceful that these workers have been on strike this long of a time.

These three firms are also responsible for the astronomical prices and emergency rooms.

I found that very offensive, I found that to be morally wrong, and I think Congress needs to deal with that aspect of it.

No, we would not. But my point is, the Monroe Doctrine remains in existence today. It is not just history. You and I can agree that maybe the United States should not have overthrown governments over the years. The Monroe Doctrine exists…

The Senator knows I am not for looking the other way. That is not a fair statement. As I have said many, many times, I am strongly supportive of major, major, major consequences if Putin invades Ukraine, and we have got to do everything we…