I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 3 p.m. on Monday, March 21; that following the prayer and pledge, the morning hour be deemed expired, the Journal of proceedings be approved to…

I know of no further debate on the resolution. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on adoption of the resolution. The resolution (S. Res. 551) was agreed to.

I ask unanimous consent that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Recognizing the Contributions of Americorps…

Our thoughts are with you and your family and all Ukrainian citizens right now as they fight the cruel and deadly invasion ordered by Putin.

We need the tools to be able to do it.

I think we probably need to extend those timeframes as they are about to expire.

I want to have nimble systems that collects the data and supplies the data to all of us to do the appropriate audits.

We look forward to working with each of the witnesses here today on critical steps to ensuring that taxpayer dollars are spent efficiently and effectively.

We know when COVID-19 shut down our economy, almost exactly two years ago, Congress did act quickly to provide support for American workers and families.

Of course, we made sure that these laws had unprecedented requirements around transparency, oversight, and auditing, that make this hearing possible today.

No time to waste. When there is a crisis we need to have an all-hands-on-deck approach in order to do the right thing, particularly by taxpayer dollars.

I appreciate very much you holding this hearing and your interest in ensuring that women are able to fully participate in our changing economy.

We must ensure that Native American businesses have the support they need to thrive.

I look forward to the good work that you are going to do on behalf of our tribes.

I was proud to fight for changes in the Fiscal Year 2022 appropriations bill that we just passed that provided the Tribal Energy Loan Guarantee Program with access to use direct loans through the Federal Financing Bank.

One of the things I have heard from our tribes is about the onerous application process.

We have been working on helping to streamline the process, the application, but also the outreach and engagement is really key.

I couldn't agree more about the need for the coordination amongst the various agencies.