We should be less concerned about provoking China than we should be concerned about bolstering our friends, allies, and partners in the region.

It is frustrating to us that we have not been able to be more effective in communicating to our constituents the urgency of these issues.

We need to get that message out. It needs to be done by leaders in both parties.

I can't think of a better reason to be here than to talk about the important issues of our long-term care workforce.

An aggressive North Korea is building and testing nuclear weapons; a revisionist PRC seeks regional, even global, dominion.

These challenges are getting tougher. It is getting tougher for people to find and afford.

It has been an honor to work with Senator Casey, Senator Baldwin, and now 23 members on the introduction of a new bill.

I think sometimes those of us on this side of the dais understand some realities, but we do not explain them that well.

This comprehensive bill will make our-- will make a generational investment in the workforce that will help us care for our loved ones who need support.

Our biggest weakness is our political division, is our inability to show that confidence, that bipartisan strength.

I think the U.S. strategy has been to just push that back a day at a time, a year at a time.

Thank you, Chairman Casey and Ranking Member Braun. It is a treat to be able to come back to the Aging Committee.

The stakes are too high to embark on any other course.

the United States intends to still be the indispensable global partner with this network of alliances, this lattice of security arrangements we have.

I can't think of a better reason to be here than to talk about the important issues of our long-term care workforce.

These challenges are getting tougher. It is getting tougher for people to find and afford.

Thank you, Chairman Casey and Ranking Member Braun. It is a treat to be able to come back to the Aging Committee.

This comprehensive bill will make our-- will make a generational investment in the workforce that will help us care for our loved ones who need support.