I want to thank all of the witnesses, as well, for joining us today for a really important conversation on how we can best support workers who are unemployed, underemployed, or who have fallen out of the labor force.

To tackle all of these challenges and strengthen our workforce the way we need to, we also have to make fundamental investments.

My colleague, Rob Portman, and I, together with more than 30 Democrats and Republicans, have a bipartisan bill called the JOBS Act that would extend Pell Grant eligibility to students who attend high-quality programs at community colleges…

At this point, we need to do something about the lack of parity.

These women were murdered for daring to live their lives as they chose.

But at the heart of it, they were women who did not deserve to die, and no woman does, simply for doing what they believed in.

I think that, the passage of that legislation to end that practice, was an example of really patient-focused policy-making.

It is critical that Congress and HHS work together to ensure that States receive the funding that they need to support continued access to substance use disorder treatment and services.

I have two of the most eloquent colleagues in the world, Senators Menendez and Casey, when it comes to talking about home and community-based services.

We have to double down. And it is critical that States have the funding that they need to continue to provide treatment for opioid use disorders.

I recently joined Senators Young, Kaine and Cassidy in reintroducing the bipartisan Innovation Zones Act.

I am pleased that the American Rescue Plan that the President signed into law last month included a provision from the Protect Students Act to help stop for profit colleges from taking advantage of veterans and service members.

We also have to work on expanding higher education programs to engage workers who have fallen out of the labor force.

We really should be looking at giving students flexibility when they are completing their programs.

One key priority for me is to hold predatory, for profit colleges accountable so that students get the results that they were promised and that they have paid for.

Mr. Speaker, I thank the chairman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, as a mother and aunt--and now a great aunt--to a dozen little ones, I know there is nothing more important than keeping our children and loved ones safe. From a young age, we…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that when the Senate completes its business today, it adjourn until 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, April 14; that following the prayer and pledge, the morning hour be deemed expired, the Journal of…

We must do more to address the new realities of this epidemic defined by illicit synthetic opioids as well as ensure that our policies don't reinforce the mistakes of our past that disproportionately have impacted communities of color.