The Federal Government should focus on supporting States as they work to return Medicaid to post-pandemic normalcy.

I have serious concerns with the focus on partisan policies that risk harming health-care access and affordability.

Without further action, however, these policies will expire at the end of 2024, creating a coverage cliff for tens of millions of seniors across the country.

We are not talking about trying to reduce benefits in Medicare or Social Security for our seniors.

Judge Brailsford represents the best our State has to offer, and I hope you'll be able to support her nomination in this process.

We are fortunate that in America we are coming up with new, innovative treatments, and we are doing everything we can to accelerate them.

I encourage you to look at this carefully, and if you have not already done it, to conduct an impact analysis.

We need increased public investments.

I would just encourage all of my colleagues in the Senate, but particularly the President, to engage with us in those kinds of negotiations.

We are fortunate that in America we are coming up with new, innovative treatments, and we are doing everything we can to accelerate them.

It is unbelievable. When you look at the technology and you go to the campuses and where all this technology is being produced, it just makes you so proud that we are taking care of the American farmer in this country, but I believe that…

I appreciate that----

These research efforts are the key to providing the tools for farmers and livestock producers to remain competitive.

Respectfully, however, an American trade policy cannot rest on massive spending on subsidies.

I ask you, Secretary Becerra, to take back to the President my plea that he engage with us in negotiations.

Instead of turning to a one-size-fits-all solution, we should look to proven models for Federal programs, such as Medicare Advantage.

Agricultural research programs also provide key information directly to agricultural producers.

I really object to taking it away from them and putting it somewhere else.