Housing is foundational. It is foundational to family growth. It is foundational to raising healthy Americans.

Transitional housing is something that I believe is essential to reentry for so many of the people whose human capital we are wasting every day.

On behalf of the thousands of people-- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator will suspend. Debate it not allowed during a vote. The Senate will be in order.

--who receive health care in my State in rural hospitals who do not know how they are going to get health care if this passes without a replacement, I vote no.

We need to reauthorize the Homeless and Runaway Youth program. We need to do everything that we can to provide that environment, that shelter environment that prevents these children from becoming victims of the most heinous and horrific…

we absolutely need to understand why people are in poverty----without judgment, and that is a critical piece for me.

I think that it is critical that you bring the expertise of your service historically to that effort.

But we now have knowledge and understanding of a business practice that is basically designed to do exactly the opposite--to exploit children.

I think it is critical that you assert your role, and I am going to ask that you pay attention to our RESPONSE Act.

We want DHS to assert their important role in cybersecurity.

Together we have the most power to prevent this from ever happening.

If I can just indulge, Senator Collins and I have a bill called SOAR, which is to do better training for emergency room and medical responders.

You are not unique. This can happen in any family.

We absolutely have to give these folks help. And it is not fair what is happening to a lot of our Border Patrol agents.

It is a scourge. Obviously, that the Blue Campaign is working to train officers, and has been absolutely a critical resource for people in my State.

Perhaps the most important thing right now... let the people who are tasked to protect the border do the job.

The motto, 'See something, say something,' if the community does not feel appreciated, respected, or is afraid to report something for fear that it will come back to them, you are not going to get the intel that you need.

before I begin my remarks on why I came down to the floor today, I would like to join with my colleague from Iowa in saying it is a very good idea to have a Rose Garden ceremony talking about whistleblowers, supporting people who want to…