* “China has replaced socialism with capitalism, stolen technology and educated large cohorts of its people—by 2016, it boasted eight times as many STEM graduates a year as the United States. … China supercharges its economic ascent by employing unmatched competitive trade practices: massive subsidization, predatory pricing, monopolization of raw materials and trade-route dominance.”–Utah Republican Sen. Mitt Romney.
* “The federal government was unprepared for this (Capitol) insurrection, even though it was planned in plain sight on social media for the world to see. … I think the lack of direct communication from (then) President Trump speaks volumes.”–House Oversight and Reform Committee Chairwoman Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y.
* “Once Liz Cheney is loose from the grips of leadership, there is nothing to stop her from working with the Democrats to pursue the Jan. 6 (Capitol insurrection) commission.”–Amanda Carpenter, The Bulwark.
* “An America in which businesses and other institutions cast a wider net would be better for black people—but also better for, say, white community college graduates or Latino graduates of state schools.”–Perry Bacon, Jr. Washington Post.
* “These bills moving in state capitals across America are not empty threats, they are real efforts to stop people from voting.”–Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn.
* “Republicans need to go back to kitchen-table issues that voters really care about, sprinkle in a little culture here and there but not get carried away. And some of them are making an industry out of getting carried away.”–Republican strategist Scott Reed.
* “The unfortunate truth is that infrastructure today is so vulnerable that just about anyone who wants to get in can get in.”–Dan Schiappa, chief product officer for The Sophos Group, a British security software and hardware company, on the recent hacking of the Colonial Pipeline that moves about 45 percent of the East Coast’s fuel.
* “We know America will never be fully safe until the pandemic that is rising globally is under control. No ocean is wide enough, no walls are high enough to keep us safe.”–President Joe Biden, in announcing the U.S. will share 80 million vaccine doses with other countries by the end of June.
* “(The CDC’s guidelines) should be revised to say that fully vaccinated people should have no restrictions on their public activities if vaccination status can be verified.”–Dr. Leana S. Wen, visiting professor of health policy and management at George Washington University and former Baltimore health commissioner.
* “Today, private spying has boomed into a renegade, billion-dollar industry, one that is increasingly invading our privacy, profiting from deception and manipulating the news.”–Barry Meier, author of “Spooked: The Trump Dossier, Black Cube and the Rise of Private Spies.”
* “Simply put: Putting our people first and doing the right thing for them will drive continued growth for our business.”–Joe Erlinger, president of McDonald’s USA, on McDonald’s Corp. raising hourly wages an average of 10 percent—bringing hourly entry-level salaries to a range of $11 to $17.
* “The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.”–The late science-fiction writer Isaac Asimov.
* “The (voter-restricting) legislation DeSantis signed is un-American, unconstitutional and anti-democratic.”–U.S. Rep. Charlie Crist, D-St. Petersburg, who is seeking the Democratic gubernatorial nomination in 2022.