I look forward to working with you to strengthen our Nation's workforce, and create a more prosperous economy for all Americans.

These increases have helped the NIH regain ground from the years of largely flat funding in inflation-adjusted dollars.

I look forward to seeing this bill on the floor sometime between now and the end of this year, hopefully even between now and the end of the fiscal year.

You think it is important that the U.S. Government combat this disinformation, right?

Thank you, Chair Murray. I appreciate Secretary Becerra being here today to discuss the Administration's fiscal year 2023 budget request.

It is wrong for the Federal Government to dictate what that workforce should look like, and for bureaucrats in Washington to determine the speed in which we get there, that should be left up to States, and communities, and local economies.

I want to say to that, Secretary, there is a reason that we had the veterans set aside in some of these areas.

I was pleased in the budget that you have shown--asked for a substantial increase in the certified community behavioral health clinics.

That is a better answer, than we are not going to spend it.

What are you planning to do with that $2.2 billion?

Through his commitment to seeing our patients as people he can help, Senator Blunt's longstanding promise of expanding the reach and resources of the Nation's Registry has saved thousands of lives.

which, of course, is not true at all.

If you do not know what your Senate candidate for the U.S. Senate says about this, should there be a law protecting women and their rights in this country passed by Congress?

I have no idea that what word salad means, but what I do know is you have hired an anti-free speech radical to lead this board.

Well, I think we`re going to have this subject. And that`s what was so ironic about this opinion, is Alito in this draft opinion, says that this decision divided America, Roe v. Wade did. Well, I got news for him. He has divided America…

So Senator Murray and I have worked together on this committee for 7 years, and have increased the NIH funding by more than 50 percent after a decade with no real increase.

So spare me, Mitch McConnell, that somehow the Democrats have politicized the court.

Your priority is setting up a board and hiring someone who has gone to TikTok to talk about stopping speech she does not like.