This is another area I hope we can have some success to identify the challenges that IHS faces to provide more granular vaccine data to States.

I think that is basically a big job and task of us as public servants.

if there isn't an entire ability for religious freedom, it is not religious freedom.

I will pursue making sure that we have adequate funding for education, which is what we are trying to do with the new infrastructure bill.

I want to begin with this concern about water. And, Dr. Wells, your testimony about a 450-foot drop in the water table is quite alarming.

I think that increasing voter participation should be the goal of every lawmaker, whether they be Republican or Democrat, because it is the core of our democracy.

I come from a state with large Native American and Hispanic communities.

I am on the side that does not consider pizza sauce a vegetable.

Data is a double-edged sword. When used correctly it can be an invaluable tool in focusing resources.

So every year someone making $1 million gets about $51,000 from that tax cut in 2017.

As President Biden has said, America is facing a national emergency that requires an aggressive response from Congress.

But when the richest amongst us in America pay the lowest rates, the richest amongst us have over $50,000 more every year from the 2017 tax bill, the Republicans' tax plan cost Americans $1.8 trillion and largely benefited the largest…

The current data infrastructure is not allowing for race and ethnicity to be collected.

We are seeing an effort right now that I'm actively a part of with the Council for State and Territorial Epidemiologists.

Senator Tina Smith carried legislation in the Senate, I carried it in the House to address this issue.

Reserving the right to object. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The junior Senator from New Mexico.

The American Rescue Plan that I voted for puts Americans on the right path to recovery.

It is a tax system that is not progressive. It is mildly progressive up to the very, very rich, and then becomes deeply regressive at the very top end.