Good morning and welcome to what is our second subcommittee hearing reviewing the Department's fiscal year 2023 budget request.

But at today's estimate, we are talking about 2031 before we get rid of those--mitigation, getting rid of those that can't be retrofitted, obviously.

I rise not expecting to give a speech today, but I want to, first and foremost, recognize the Chair, who is my ``mother'' Senator, and I want to thank her for her incredible service to this institution. I want to thank, which I rarely do…

I come to the floor today and will, in short order, seek unanimous consent for the passage of the Daniel Anderl Judicial Security and Privacy Act of 2021. This bill, which was reported out of the Senate Judiciary Committee last December…

just a brief remark. You know, I regret that in the goal to protect ourselves, we can't protect others. Not every law where we seek to provide a protection is ultimately grandly approached. I think that the passage of this bill would send…

reserving the right to object. I appreciate the desire of the Senator from Kentucky to protect Members of the legislative branch. I wish someone would have come to the floor the other night when we had a rush, which I thought was…

Certainly, we have been focused on the ammunition base and the products that go into that.

We are in a better position than they are?

It's good to be in the hearing room.

I am deeply troubled by testimony I heard from both our hearing in March and the STB's recent hearing on freight rail service in the country.

We have an opportunity to hear from members of the Board to determine what additional authorities are needed to improve rail service across the country.

All of this is why the STB held the emergency hearing.

What is maddening is that the very workforce shortage contributing to the decline in service is a result of the Class I's implementing Precision Scheduled Railroading, or PSR.

With the House just passing the Ukraine supplemental package, which provides nearly $4.4 billion for USAID, I am pleased and hope that we are going to move it quickly in the Senate, maybe as early as tomorrow.

I have eight requests for committees to meet during today's session of the Senate. They have the approval of the Majority and Minority Leaders. Pursuant to rule XXVI, paragraph 5(a) of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the following…

I really appreciate the opportunity to speak to the subcommittee today about an issue that we all know to be incredibly important: our Nation's commitment to our veterans.

I greatly appreciate the subcommittee's work to support Members' proposals, and I urge you to include these valuable projects in the fiscal year 2023 L-HHS appropriations bill.

I also want to extend a special nod of acknowledgment and thanks to my good friend and colleague from New Jersey, Representative Bonnie Watson Coleman, for her outstanding work to represent and support our State's priorities.