"My first and foremost concern is always for children. It was unbearable to see what happened to Israeli children on October 7th and since when they were tortured, murdered, taken hostage, many of them..."
"We have to prioritize reorganizing and restructuring aid for Palestinians in a way that better serves the needs of the innocent civilian people."
"The developments that we have learned about in the past few days are horrific."
"It shocks the conscience of every person... to see the kind of carnage that's happened in Israel and Gaza since October."
"We need to address the chronic underfunding and understaffing for the state agencies that conduct nursing home oversight, so they can effectively protect the health and safety of residents."
"given the Government's undeniable role in this, in your operations, why do you believe that a company should not be able to use Federal dollars to make a profit?"
"I think we are able to--it is safe to say that the subsidies from the Government is also very part--it is important too, right?"
"I look forward to hearing from our witnesses today, and I will turn to Ranking Member Braun for his opening statement."
"If we say we are, as a Nation, the United States, the greatest country in the world, then we have to have the best, not second, not third, the best long-term care in the world, and we are not there ye..."
"Every American who wants to receive care at home should be able to do so, and the workers providing that care must be paid, in my judgment, a living wage."
"As Chairman of the Aging Committee, my top priority is keeping our promises to older Americans and to Americans with disabilities."
"the typical direct care worker, a Senator Casey said, makes about $15 an hour, works 36 hours a week in assisted living, and works for a for profit company."
"The Basel III proposal... will restrict."
"We are a country of entrepreneurs. That is what grew our country."
"I would say that my colleagues across the aisle are simply just trying to put lipstick on a pig."
"So if we are not talking about the Constitution, what are we talking about? Well, we are wasting our breath..."
"We need more resources and we need more skilled personnel."
"We should not ignore the pain of these parents. We can do both."
