I think FIVR is a great way to add affordability, help us increase the security layer, provide backhaul, middle-mile capacity, bring affordable, essential broadband to households and businesses.

I rise in opposition to the Senator's amendment, which would lead to more reckless brinkmanship, more arbitrary cuts by permanently rescinding 1 percent of discretionary appropriations every 30 days during a debt limit crisis. This makes…

I rise in opposition to the Senator's amendment. Our defense spending is critical, but so are our investments to combat fentanyl; rebuild American manufacturing, especially for things like chips; improve access to childcare, early…

I come to the floor to urge all of my colleagues to vote against this Republican bill that would undo President Biden's student debt relief plan and rip away relief borrowers across the country are counting on. It is hard to overstate how…

first of all, let me acknowledge the final comments from the Senator from Oklahoma. Thank you for making us all pause and remember that important time and important lessons that we all need to have learned from here. Thank you very much…

I continue to hear from people on the ground, in my communities, that their feedback is not being taken into account or even heard.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman, and Ms. Bradsher, thank you for being here. Thank you for your service.

This childcare system doesn't make any sense.

There is a dilemma between raising your prices so that you can pay your childcare workers...

I continue to hear from people on the ground, in my communities, that their feedback is not being taken into account or even heard.

staffing cuts are unacceptable, and I hope and expect for there to be a timely resolution to the concerns on the ground

We have a childcare crisis, and we actually had a childcare crisis before COVID.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman, and Ms. Bradsher, thank you for being here. Thank you for your service.

There is a dilemma between raising your prices so that you can pay your childcare workers...

This childcare system doesn't make any sense.

There is the supply and the demand, how much it costs and how much people are able to pay, is completely mismatched.

We need to deal with it as a country.

There is the supply and the demand, how much it costs and how much people are able to pay, is completely mismatched.