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Let the record show I slapped my head.

I know this is a different Committee, but do you run into problems with the retirement earnings test in which they get a decrease in their Social Security payment if they go back to work?

I think it is incumbent upon us to say--to get our PBM reform legislation, which we worked on a bipartisan basis in this Committee, signed into law.

Thank you, Chairman Sanders. And thank you all for being here. Really a great mission.

I defer to Senator Collins.

Senator Cassidy, that is near and dear to my heart.

We have, historically in Congress, come together on a bipartisan basis to reauthorize this, strengthen its support for all seniors.

I am almost thinking, Senator Cassidy, that we should change the name of this Committee to the prevention committee.

Post-COVID, we need to look at and make sure the programs that we are authorizing work.

Bottom line is here, and what is of concern to this Committee is since 2016, despite increased demand that a massive increase in the number of seniors in America, funding for the Older Americans Act has gone down by nearly 20 percent after…

Let us be clear, this is a point that needs to be made over and over again, these nutrition programs not only provide good nutrition, but anyone who understands the Meals on Wheels program knows that it is important it is not just the…

This year, the HELP Committee will need to pass legislation reauthorizing the program, and I am glad to join Chair Sanders in leading a bipartisan working group with Senators Collins, Braun, Mullin, Casey, Kaine, and Markey.

I was about to do something, I cut a bipartisan deal to do something very tough at the border, and Donald Trump told you guys to walk away from it, and you put Donald Trump ahead of the country.

Well, I think you'll see both sides, you know, really looking to hear what the president has to say.

Eighteen percent of the American people, registered voters, think Joe Biden's policies have helped them personally. That has to be a gut punch to the President.

The safest crossing is one that doesn't exist.

I like the idea, and I am assuming you would support that.

I support that because I think that it's all about safety.