It was way too difficult. Appraisers weren't getting certified and South Dakotans were having to wait much longer to buy a home.

I never want to ask for special treatment for Kassidy.

My people are happy. They're happy because they're free.

They should deliver the votes to do it. And we will insist on that.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

There is broadband builders that won funding that are ready to go, they are just waiting on those dollars to get to them.

Telehealth can help get patients to the medical care they need from a remote location through the use of technology.

In the smallest towns in America, access to specialty care can be a challenge.

I ask unanimous consent that I be able to complete my remarks and that Senator Burr also be able to complete his remarks before the vote starts. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

there are a few, quote-unquote, winners under Democrats' $3\1/2\ trillion tax-and-spending spree--unions, for example, and electric vehicle manufacturers. But there are a lot more losers, like middle-class families, who have to stretch…

last week, I came to the floor in support of Senator Scott's bill pushing back on what many of us consider the unconstitutional COVID vaccine mandates. I used my floor time to describe the lack of transparency of our healthcare Agencies by…

They made it very clear that they would never withdraw on a date certain, and that to a person, the recommendations that had been provided was to do a conditions-based withdrawal.

I think that's a real issue that needs to be examined and perhaps addressed, as well.

I think it is going to be very important.

Mr. Chair, I would simply say let's get to work. So we got some things we can do here.

I have a piece of legislation and Senators Blackburn and Blumenthal are both co-sponsors called The Filter Bubble Transparency Act.

I've been arguing for some time that it is time for Congress to act, and I think the question is always what is the correct way to do it?

We need to make strategic investments, and the Senate is doing that.