We have a duty to our constituents and the American people. I ask the Committee to stop putting our politics over people's lives.

Senator Stabenow and I were alarmed to learn about the Office of Medical Inspector Report that revealed a crisis of care.

So, despite knowing the challenges teachers were facing and acknowledging the pandemic's health risks, especially in hotspots, Ms. Weingarten, were you ever given guidance by the Trump Administration on how to safely return to in-person…

Association health plans are a commonsense solution that empowers small employers, and their employees when making health coverage decisions by providing small businesses with greater bargaining power.

This issue is not a Democrat-Republican issue, socioeconomic. This issue affects each and every American, and we have to work together to find solutions to fight against the CCP.

excellent care for Michigan's more than 500,000 veterans is a priority for me.

Maybe it is sanctions. I mean, maybe there is not just one lever that we pull.

At some point in time, we have to figure out solutions to the issues, and these are very complicated, very complex issues.

Senator Stabenow and I have also called for the VA to initiate... the process of appointing permanent leadership.

Last year, I led a letter on behalf of 28 bipartisan senators calling for robust funding for the VA State Veterans Home Construction Grant Program.

Illicit fentanyl presents one of the biggest, if not the biggest, threat to public safety that the United States, in my opinion, has ever seen.

Nobody is against electric vehicles if they work and if the consumer wants them.

What we do here will just put us behind other polluters that aren't going to clean up their world, like China.

Anything that has been said about the IRA is all picking out of the air. It hasn't been fully implemented yet, thank God.

I appreciate my colleague from Alaska's support and cosponsorship of the Fire Grants and Safety Act before us, and I also appreciate and fully agree with this amendment to help smaller communities build new facilities. But I urge my…

Nothing is more important in Michigan than protecting our water.

I ask unanimous consent to speak for 1 minute on the amendment. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered.

in just a few moments, each of our colleagues will have the opportunity to cast their vote for a bipartisan bill that provides essential Federal resources to fire departments all across our country. The Fire Grants and Safety Act…