I want to thank you and Chairman Peters for holding this hearing.

We think the Pray Safe Act is incredibly important.

We cannot lose sight of international terrorist threats, and I want to ensure that DHS has the personnel and resources needed to address both types of threats.

More needs to be done, and we believe that the Pray Safe Act is an important step in that process.

The Internet, as Senator Hassan and a lot of our experts pointed out, has exacerbated the problem.

I am very proud to be here with the rest of my colleagues to present this bill that will make the biggest investment in infrastructure, as Senator Collins said so well, since the Interstate Highway System back in the 1950s. This is really…

nearly 20 years ago, the United States invaded Afghanistan to prevent that country from being exploited as a platform for terrorism and extremism. In doing so, the U.S. worked side-by-side with international and Afghan forces to remove the…

We are very strongly supportive of improving coverage for part-time workers.

Senator Collins and I have a bill to help address this issue by incentivizing employers to make military spouses immediately eligible for retirement plan participation.

I never like to cede innovation chops to any other part of the country. We are pretty innovative in New England and New Hampshire too.

Extending section 420 also raises revenue, allowing funding of a variety of spending and other priorities.

We want every American to be able to save for a dignified retirement, and that is really what this is all about.

I also just want to recognize how important ABLE accounts have been to people with disabilities.

This new deadline to adopt a beneficial discretionary amendment is consistent with the deadline to adopt a new retirement plan.

I think it is an excellent observation.

Everyone, no matter their age, job, income level, gender or race, deserves the chance to build financial certainty.

The ARA supports Senator Smith's Financial Factors in Selecting Retirement Plan Investments Act.

Providing foreign assistance is, and in my view, always should be the purview of the Secretary of State and the State Department.