I think there is some progress to be made in terms of the digital footprint of the National Park Service.

We need a permanent director. The Park Service has not had a director for, I think, five years.

I thank the chair of the full Appropriations Committee, who has done an incredible job pulling all of these challenging issues together and putting this funding bill on the floor today. The activities of January 6 were terrifying, whether…

I want to thank the Chairman, Senator Bernie Sanders, and Ranking Member, Senator Susan Collins, and other Members of the Subcommittee for the opportunity to discuss the healthcare workforce crisis facing U.S. communities.

We need to break that cycle.

I rise today to introduce the Helping American Victims Afflicted by Neurological Attacks Act, the HAVANA Act. Our bill would provide assistance to the employees of the intelligence community and other Federal Agencies who have suffered…

I held what I believe to have been the first hearing in the Senate to look at the racial disparities in the COVID cases.

I am the founder and co-Chair of the Senate Alzheimer's Task Force.

Our Country is tremendously grateful to the medical community for its colossal efforts during the past year.

This workforce shortage has been with us long before COVID.

Alzheimer's is our most costly disease, and it also exacts such a tremendous human toll, not just on the victims but on the entire family.

I am going to continue to work hard until one day we have a means of prevention, effective treatments, and ultimately a cure for this devastating disease.

Thanks to legislation sponsored by Senator Collins and supported by Maine's Junior Senator Angus King.

Thanks to legislation sponsored by Senator Collins and supported by Maine's Junior Senator Angus King.

Senator Collins was critical in helping to secure Federal support for that project.

Our payment system is based on procedure and visit codes. That is what you get paid for.

I want three things--data, data, and data.

I think that is an important point--that we have the technology today to measure on an ongoing basis so output-based regulation as opposed to prescriptive regulation can work.