This program cannot simply be a public relations exercise that provides cover for the company to hike prices on families seeking COVID-19 vaccines.

I was really pleased that the Department's proposed budget includes $2 billion for State opioid response grants.

I was also pleased to see the President's budget include 20,000 additional special immigrant visas for our Afghan allies.

I think we still need further Government action on that, to make sure that everybody has those out-of-pocket expenses capped.

I agree. And one of the things we have got to do is to remind those countries that are looking for investments, the trap that the PRC can create for them as they did for Montenegro.

Well, Mr. President, thank you to my colleague Senator Booker for that kind introduction and as important, if not more, for his great comments about the importance of the Affordable Care Act to our constituents, to our communities, to our…

I think it should include, not just national security issues, but also economic and democracy support for what is happening in the region.

I share the concerns that both the Chairman and Senator Risch have expressed not only about the SBDCs but about the district offices.

I thank Senator Crapo for making sure it was a bipartisan effort throughout.

I think that is really important. I think it is also going to be important that you all release the application for your patient assistance program before its launch.

By simply telling a generic drug manufacturer what adjustments they need to make, our bipartisan bill would help improve the generic market approval process and lower drug prices overall.

The Mainstreaming Addiction Treatment Act, MAT, which I led with Senator Murkowski, was signed into law.

It is absolutely essential to a woman's capacity for self-determination and dignity.

Congress acted on a bipartisan basis to require HHS to, and this is a quote, 'prevent unusually large funding changes from year to year in these grants.'

I look forward to that too, and just--I am over time.

I wanted to drill down on a bill that Senator Braun and I worked on that was signed into law.

I also want to say how pleased I am to see the robust funding for the western Balkans in the President's budget.

I share Senator Graham's sentiments about not limiting where we invest to just those countries that are designated by the World Bank.