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We applaud the leadership of Chairman Wyden and Ranking Member Crapo and members of the Committee for holding this hearing.

The waivers have clearly been successful in increasing patient access.

Identifying smart reforms that make Medicare more efficient will be better for patients and better for taxpayers.

Senator Wyden and I asked the majority and minority staff to jointly plan this hearing, demonstrating strong bipartisanship.

I joined a letter with Representative Bob Good, Ranking Member Virginia Foxx, and several other colleagues asking for an investigation into whether the CDC's school reopening guidance was politically influenced by teacher unions.

I was concerned that so many schools remained closed when we had so much evidence that shows schools could be safely reopened.

The schools are the only essential workers that are not back to work.

What our children need is to get back to school in-person full-time.

The fact is no amount of money will fix the harm that's been done and continues to be done to these children and their families.

This wasted time has caused irreparable damage to millions of children and students nationwide.

I think anybody that is advocating for schools to stay closed should feel ashamed.

I agree that all day virtual education is a very poor substitute, and I cannot imagine how the schools think.

What has gone on this year with school closures has been shameful, and it has disproportionately harmed the most vulnerable children in our society.

There is absolutely no reason for schools to remain closed, and yet half of the school districts across this country are still not receiving full-time in-person instructions.

Yes, we do. In fact, more Americans are out of work at the moment than during the worst point of the Great Recession.

Make no mistake, there is a great deal to enforce.

What we need to do, right now, is to speed up the journey for everyone by fully reopening the economy, and executing an ambitious and sound trade policy.

If the United States is to pursue a worker-centered trade policy, we need to be mindful that American workers lose when China writes the rules.