if they can do it, we ought to be able to do it, and we should make this a priority.

I hope together, with what the States acquire through a settlement, and what we're able to do working with you, we can actually tackle this in a meaningful way.

it will really be important to get back to some of those programs so that we can reach people, so that we can make progress.

I think it is very important that it continue.

This is particularly salient for me, having just returned from Ukraine and Georgia.

I hope that you will commit to doing everything you can to get that border opened so that the hardship that my constituents and other constituents are experiencing will end.

One of the things we heard very loudly from our Ukrainian partners was just how devastating the loss of revenue will be once Russians stop using Ukraine as a transit route.

this committee and the Senate just passed a resolution condemning that attack, which I hope sends an important message not just to the Taliban, but to the women of Afghanistan.

the importance of the IRS prioritizing delivery of the Child Tax Credit starting in July.

Will you commit to working to expand access to medication assisted treatment by supporting efforts that Senator Murkowski and I are undertaking to eliminate the X-Waiver?

I think it is absolutely important that we have standards that really make sure that companies are investing in the kind of infrastructure they need.

However, owners and operators of critical infrastructure... that carries a heightened obligation and duty to be capable of delivering goods and services to citizens in this case all up and down the East Coast.

The other piece is a future Afghanistan that does not uphold these basic rights, including the gains made for women and girls, is going to be a pariah internationally.

I am concerned that hard won progress may be in jeopardy.

It is going to be critical to getting existing doctors able to provide this treatment.

If confirmed, will you commit to ensuring that the funding formula for state opioid response grants does not cause States like New Hampshire to experience dramatic funding cliff?

Simply shifting grant funding from state to state as data shifts and as a substance use disorder crisis worsens just isn't a viable long term solution.

I just returned from a trip to Kiev with my colleagues, Senators Murphy and Portman, who were also along.