Mr. President, a couple of weeks ago, President Biden unveiled his so-called American Families Plan, which one might summarize as free stuff--free preschool, free community college, lots of government subsidies. It sounds great, but the…

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski) and the Senator from Florida (Mr. Rubio). The result was announced--yeas 50, nays 48, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 195 Leg.] YEAS--50 Baldwin Bennet…

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski) and the Senator from Florida (Mr. Rubio). The result was announced--yeas 71, nays 27, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 196 Leg.] YEAS--71 Baldwin Bennet…

We want our honest history, our real history, our patriotic history to be taught to our kids.

I hope one of the takeaways today is the importance of forest management timber harvest and replanting to maintain healthy, resilient forests.

I hope the Forest Service here in Washington, DC. is listening to the needs that many of our forests have around the country.

I am a long-time supporter of proactive forest management to help mitigate the risk of wildfires, maintain healthy forests, and support rural economies.

I just could not agree more, and I just think those management practices that maintain a healthy forest are so essential.

The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski). The result was announced--yeas 50, nays 49, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 194 Leg.] YEAS--50 Baldwin Bennet Blumenthal Booker Brown Cantwell Cardin…

Mr. President, Ronald Reagan once said that the nine most terrifying words in the English language are ``I'm from the government, and I'm here to help.'' He was partially joking, of course, but what he was getting at is that government is…

The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski). The result was announced--yeas 50, nays 48, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 193 Ex.] YEAS--50 Baldwin Bennet Blumenthal Booker Brown Cantwell Cardin…

It is one of the most important acts, especially in the space of rural health care.

the embrace of telehealth across the Nation is certainly one.

The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Pennsylvania (Mr. Toomey) and the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Wicker). The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 86, nays 11, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 192 Leg.] YEAS--86…

Flood occurs in South Dakota just like it does in other parts along the coast.

We have to get these offices opened back up. This Committee has a constitutional duty to do oversight.

This is why it is so confusing to me that after many county offices were on a path to reopen in areas where the pandemic was under control, Secretary Vilsack dictated that all offices should shut back down and quit taking appointments.

I want to thank you, Mr. Chairman, Ranking Member. This is an incredibly important issue that I am looking forward to addressing with the Committee.