I remain concerned that the payments are not getting to those who need it the most.

I worked alongside Senator Murkowski and others to introduce the Emergency Family Stabilization Act;

We have been devastated by the drug epidemic, COVID-19, and now--we now lead the Nation in new HIV infection rates.

If we know that these opioids are causing the problem, we need treatment centers, and we have not enough.

The Committee has a history of passing bipartisan legislation aimed at conserving wildlife and wildlife habitat.

We cannot even tell you, sir, how many that basically ever had sugar, or had any diabetes, because they did not even take a simple blood test, which can tell you immediately.

Included in the ACE Act was the Chesapeake Watershed Investment for Landscape Defense, Chesapeake WILD, Act, which created a new $15 million grant program within the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to support habitat restoration in the Bay…

I have really a problem with homelessness with children.

When you start pushing down mandates from Washington and other places that don't fit with the local conservation plan or envisionment for your own property, that is where it really starts to rub people the wrong way.

West Virginia is ground zero for the drug epidemic, with the highest rate of drug overdose deaths in the country.

I believe testing and strategic reserve is where those dollars came from, to address the migrant crisis at the border.

Today, I have the privilege of recognizing one of the millions of hardworking, taxpaying Americans who form the foundation of our Nation's economy through their employment in small business--in this particular case, the healthcare…

West Virginia is constantly ranked last in the Nation for health outcomes.

I think our State in many sections of our State, and Senator Manchin I think would agree here, have come forth with some tremendous ideas to be solutions to the problem that are community based.

I want to once again thank you for working with myself and Senator Murkowski on getting out the first tranche of the American Rescue Plan funding for homeless children and youth in an expedited manner.

Where I disagree a little bit on community and technical colleges, and I disagree on free.

That's why it is imperative that we ensure that money gets to the children or their real caretakers in these households.

We urge you to join us in calling for the bipartisan reauthorization of the Voting Rights Act through regular order. We can do this. We must do this.