This will not only help you address the issue of long COVID. It will also help us solve the puzzle of ME/CFS and all other infection associated chronic conditions that have been ignored for decades and help us prepare for the next pandemic.

I have been extremely concerned by the implications of the SEC's proposed climate disclosure rule.

What people don't realize is--they feel like mental health courts sort of soft-on-crime type of stuff, but it truly is crime fighting.

I think the First Step Act has been incredibly helpful in acknowledging that there's some folks who really are good to be getting back out on the street.

You have an historic opportunity to act. The lives of millions of Americans now and in the future depend on this.

We still seem in this country, much more than any other countries, to rely on the prison system to be the place where we somehow quote, 'address those issues.'

We think we have not, as a Congress, done anywhere near enough, and we hope to turn that around.

We know that long COVID can include more than 200 symptoms, including serious cognitive impairment and severe cardiovascular and neurological problems that can continue for weeks, months, or even years after initial infection.

We still seem in this country, much more than any other countries, to rely on the prison system to be the place where we somehow quote, 'address those issues.'

I reserve the balance of my time, and I would yield the floor to Senator Merkley. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Oregon.

under section 502B of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, I move to discharge the Committee on Foreign Relations from further consideration of S. Res. 504. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the motion. The senior assistant…

24,000 Palestinians are dead, 70 percent of whom are women and children, 70 percent of the housing stock has been damaged or destroyed, and almost 2 million people are trying to survive with inadequate supplies of food, water, medical…

What people don't realize is--they feel like mental health courts sort of soft-on-crime type of stuff, but it truly is crime fighting.

I ask unanimous consent that the following Senators be permitted to speak prior to the vote: Senator Sanders for up to 25 minutes, Senator Merkley for up to 5 minutes, and Senator Cardin for up to 5 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without…

let me apologize to my colleagues for being late. It turns out today was not a great day to travel by plane. I thank the leadership for delaying the vote as well. We will soon be voting on a resolution requesting information on Israel's…

I ask unanimous consent for 1 minute. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I support this resolution and appreciate the leadership of my good friend, the senior Senator from Vermont. Section 502B of the Foreign Assistance Act is an important and long underutilized tool. It provides a practical mechanism to focus…

I think the First Step Act has been incredibly helpful in acknowledging that there's some folks who really are good to be getting back out on the street.