That's why I've joined Chairman Wyden's bill to support women and minority entrepreneurs.

Now that's the lowest in the country and far less than our neighboring State of Vermont which received roughly $222 million.

Transitioning to clean energy is not only necessary to protect human health and the environment, but it is also an enormous opportunity to create a more equitable economy.

I am optimistic about what this Committee can accomplish together.

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

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 tell our…

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

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.

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.

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.

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

if there is no further business to come before the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that it stand adjourned under the provisions of S. Res. 152 as a further mark of respect for the memory of Officer William Francis ``Billy'' Evans of the…

for the information of Senators, there will be two rollcall votes at 11:45 a.m. in relation to the Gensler and Mallory nominations and two rollcall votes at 3:30 p.m. on the Mallory nomination and cloture on the motion to proceed to S…