I want to thank this panel. You have really done a wonderful job of talking to us about the importance of the funding for the arts.

there was an attempt on this committee that cares deeply about the environment to reduce our plastic use

I am encouraged by the themes highlighted so far, including conservation and climate science.

Thank you very much, Mr. Joyce.

Mr. Stewart expressed his concerns about what the future of funding can be and how we, you know, support the organizations in the future.

this is the time of year when people are calculating their taxes and filing their returns. There are inequities in our Tax Code, and the bill I am introducing today, the SALT Deduction Fairness Act, would help remedy one of these…

we just can't make good decisions without adequate science.

We can keep teachers safe. We can keep kids safe. We can open schools and we have the ability to do that now.

You need to do it now.

unemployment insurance is absolutely critical to individuals who have lost jobs through no fault of their own.

Well, I think water is a lot better than CO2. So I appreciate that technology.

Part of what's driving the crisis at our border is the COVID impact in those countries, trans-national criminal activity which is gangs.

I think it is important that we realize that all these things are connected.

there can be no excuse for the kind of rampant fraud that has been so prevalent in California.

Seventy-five percent of the Arctic ice has melted in the last 40 years and that's in terms of volume.

I rise to introduce the PPP Extension Act of 2021. I'm pleased to be joined in introducing this bill by my colleagues, Senators Cardin and Shaheen. Last March, the three of us, along with Senator Rubio, formed a Small Business Task Force…

I would urge you to do so too. I don't think it would hurt to have multiple, because the grid is probably one of the primary targets in terms of a catastrophic cyberattack.

I would like you to do the calculation that I asked you to do because nuclear is unbelievably expensive, multiples of anything else.