we are never going to be able to compete in terms of salary with institutions in the private sector

We absolutely need a strong, dedicated, and talented Federal scientific workforce, and we need to make sure that we retain those people and that we recruit the best of what is coming out of our Nation's schools and universities.

I have been trying to parse the President's message, 'Don't come now.' That certainly implies, 'Do come later.'

It is really a wealth extractor for the few.

When they leave the military, the challenge sometimes is we don't actually recognize and put a value on that skill set.

I've always thought that, you know, instead of just retiring that student debt and forgiving it, we ought to use that as a mechanism to try to get folks to serve.

We ought to work on that as a Subcommittee perhaps to address this critical need and, you know, do something in a bipartisan way.

I always find that an amazing and staggering quote when my good friends on the other side of the aisle give a $1.9 trillion tax giveaway to the wealthiest Americans.

If we are going to really address the historical inequities that limit access and health outcomes, we cannot be revisiting this funding question year after year.

The major investments now in our ports are in rail infrastructure.

I want to focus on a specific challenge that we have.

the best thing that the Federal Government can do would be to expand the funding.

I want to know, how do we move forward?

Legalized kickbacks coming from retail investors.

When are we going to start--what are the long-term solutions to this problem?

We need to make sure people are prioritized based on level of risk for contracting and dying from COVID and not solely based on their income or ability to purchase the vaccine.

Equity is a key tenet of the Biden administration's national COVID-19 strategy.

Today we are seeing through the work of the Biden administration COVID-19 economic, testing, and vaccine access relief to the American public.