That is really the beauty of it.

Are we making any progress? I know the numbers are still too high. How do you feel about how the VA's doing?

I want to ask you about the PACT Act.

If you could let me know about events that you're planning in Connecticut----

The way, you know, we clearly realize that we have to sort of, you know, fill those positions, is to close the skills gap.

A perfect example of our commitment is when congressional Democrats and President Biden saved the pensions of over 1 million retirees, by saving the multi-employer pension funds.

Since President Biden took office more than 12.2 million jobs have been created. This historic, economic progress is indicative of progressional Democrats and the administration's commitment to supporting workers, businesses, and families.

In the State of Connecticut, we have roughly about 90,000 job openings.

Thank you, again, for the work that you're doing, particularly on women's healthcare in the VA.

Using every microeconomic metric, the economy does better when Democrats are in charge.

Today's hearing is an opportunity to set the record straight and tell the truth.

Let us be honest about where inflation comes through, and there are some great Federal Reserve articles about that.

The fact that you have stood with workers and workers' families should be something that we all celebrate.

I want to see if you can talk about expanding the Department of Labor force's Workforce Opportunity for Rural Communities initiative.

the unemployment rate of President Biden has remained below 4 percent for the longest time in 50 years.

One way Congress could help is for us to pass the Workplace Violence Prevention for Healthcare, H.R. 2663, which has 165 bipartisan cosponsors.

I was really just overjoyed to see the expansion.

I commend President Biden for not only saying that we want to protect Social Security, but we want to expand its benefits.