I ask unanimous consent that the following staff members from my staff and from Senator Graham's staff be given all-access floor passes for consideration of the budget resolution, S. Con. Res. 5: the majority staff: Michael Jones, Joshua…

the last administration, I think, could be credited with doing a good job in public/private partnerships to create the vaccines.

there has to be predictability on the delivery of the vaccine. And, number two, there has to be better Federal and State coordination.

I want to get back to that. I know when we tried that in Vermont, we had something all set to go, and they said, no, we have to go out of State to do it.

But at the end of the day, we all come from states. We are -- we are sick and tired of seeing hundreds of cars lining up for food, kids are unable to go to school, people not getting the vaccines as rapidly as they should. We all share…

Look, as you`ve indicated, we are in the midst of the most unprecedented set of crises in the modern history of this country. And the governor of West Virginia understands that. I mean, we`re talking about people who have lost their jobs…

If Republicans want to come along with that, great, but either way, we are moving forward.

With that, Madam President, I suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll. The legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.

Now is not the time to think small, it is the time to think big and to address the crisis.

What is much more important to the average American is that we deal and address the terrible, terrible pain and suffering that they are experiencing right now.

Last year marked the 30th anniversary of certainly one of my proudest achievements in passing the Organic Food Production Act.

It has also shown us that race and gender and geography affect how Americans experience crises.

It is so important, what you do--and, incidentally, I am glad to see that somebody has cars as old as the cars my wife and I have.

We cannot provide grandchildren for you the way my colleague can in Colorado, but, you know, every time you have been in Vermont, everybody has been happy to see you, Republicans and Democrats alike.

as you know, as you walk around the Capitol these last couple of weeks, you have to notice the changes. Quiet views of the Capitol, the seat of our government, are obstructed by fences topped with barbed wire and servicemembers on patrol…

on another matter to bring to our leaders, you know, I first came to this Capitol when I was a teenager with my parents. We came down from Vermont. I remember looking around and walking through it, thinking what a privilege it was just to…

It would be totally unacceptable for any democrat to renege on those promises. That is why people are giving up on the political process.

We’re going to another one. This one deals with the emergency of COVID. The next one deals with some of the structural long-term problems of a crumbling infrastructure, of climate change, of education, of a whole lot of other issues so…