I think there are some who perhaps have a reflexive reluctance to make any changes to the way we do NEPA analysis.

Do you think that the budget should be reduced or not, and you responded like a politician. What can I say? I am a politician too.

I simply cannot understand any logical reason not to complete it.

So at no level trillion-dollar deficits as far as the eye can see, that does not pose a threat to our national security?

I just do not get why you do not address this in a way--well, frankly, President Obama did.

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I think the vote should be held next Monday, not to not Wednesday, give us the time to resolve the remaining issues.

I understand but I am looking at the data that is coming from Israel, and people who have double vaccinations are still susceptible to the delta variant for serious disease and death.

The talk that Senator Burr described with regards to getting a booster, the suggestion from Israel is it makes sense.

Why should we not allow people who are elderly or have other compromised conditions to be able to get that booster?

Thank you, that is helpful.

Thank you.

Well, the $3.5 trillion number is a shocking figure. I think the infrastructure plan is a separate plan altogether. What impact this will have I can`t tell you at this stage.

I want to acknowledge some Senators who joined our hearing, Senator Rick Scott, as well as Senator Warnock.

Savings and investments enable us to serve our respective communities and increase our future capacity to afford necessities.

In 2019, Congress passed legislation that created Pooled Employer Plans to provide businesses with more flexibility in how they can band together with other businesses to offer retirement plans to their employees.