Sen. Elizabeth Warren - 5/19/20 - COVID: $2 Trillion CARES Act Relief Bill

"I will take that as a yes -- you are unwilling to make that commitment. That is not the only ethics problem with your nomination....."

"People all across this country were scammed and squeezed by Wells Fargo. Their houses were taken away, their cars were stolen, because the banks executives were more concerned about making mountains of money than about following the law."

"None of the ideas I've heard today clearly spell out how a Space Force leads to improved security in space. Instead all I see is how a new Space Force will create one more organization to ask Congress for money."    

"I just want to dig into how you got your numbers so all of the non defense budget experts out there can understand the tricks the administration is using to justify skyrocketing defense spending."

"Director Kraninger you are supposed to be the cop on the beat but you are only watching out for the crooks who are cheating American consumers. If you had any decency you'd either do your job or resign."  

"Last week, the Army personnel chief told us, in a military personnel subcommittee, that the terrible conditions in which military families have been living are a leadership failure, plain and simple. Do you all agree with that assessment?"  

"I want to discuss the national security threat that can't be addressed by traditional military power at all, and that is climate change." "What is our plan to prevent Russia from building more INF Treaty-prohibited missiles in the absence of the treaty?"  

"I am glad that most of my colleagues are on the same page about the importance of vaccines. Now let's make sure we're also on the same page about the importance of public health funding so that people get access to those vaccines."  

"I remain deeply concerned about whether our partners in Yemen are treating detainees in ways that are consistent with the Law of Armed Conflict. .....I'm going to keep asking questions about this."

"I'm concerned about the militarization of our foreign policy. And nowhere is that more evident than in the use or overuse of our Special Operations Forces"