I worked with Senator Murkowski to pass into law the Mainstreaming Addiction Treatment Act, which eliminated an unnecessary hurdle to providing treatment.

I was pleased to help expand this effort through the passage into law of the bipartisan Buddy Check Week Act.

I was in the region in both Romania and Georgia, the end of February, and there was a great deal of interest.

Mr. Speaker, had I been present, I would have voted ``nay'' on rollcall No. 122. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the resolution. The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that the ayes appeared to have it…

I was in the region in both Romania and Georgia, the end of February, and there was a great deal of interest.

I was in the region in both Romania and Georgia, the end of February, and there was a great deal of interest...

One of the things I am also aware of and I think has been highlighted in other work that you all have done, when I talk to veterans, women veterans in particular, I think find the transition process not really necessarily suited to their…

I would look forward to that too.

Last year I worked to get the Solid Start Act passed into law, and I continue to believe that that program is essential to ensuring that veterans are aware of their benefits immediately after separation.

One of the things I am also aware of and I think has been highlighted in other work that you all have done, when I talk to veterans, women veterans in particular, I think find the transition process not really necessarily suited to their…

I would look forward to that too.

the other piece of the conversation that came up in North Conway and has come up all around my state, is just the need for housing for employees, especially in rural New England right now, Northern New England.

Last Congress, I worked with Senator Young to introduce the Upskilling and Retraining Assistance Act, which would double the amount of tax-free educational assistance that workers can receive as a benefit from their employers.

the other piece of the conversation that came up in North Conway and has come up all around my state, is just the need for housing for employees, especially in rural New England right now, Northern New England.

I want to start by just following up on an issue similar to the one that Senator Moran raised about delays in disability claims.

I would love to look into it, follow up, understand what happened, figure out how to resolve it, and then also identify the broader system issues.

Exams that are far away can be even more burdensome, obviously, for veterans who have a condition that impedes their ability to travel long distances.

in December, Congress funded the training of 200 new physicians, including at least 100 psychiatrists or addiction medicine specialists, building off a bill that Senator Collins and I did, called the Opioid Workforce Act.