The cartels are exploiting these people. They are exploiting them. They are exploiting children.

I think that increases the access that young researchers and U.S. researchers have to study some of these very complex biological and Earth and environmental systems.

I think it is critical that ICE be able to continue to execute its mission unhindered and ensure that crossing the border illegally carries consequences.

we are here tonight for a very simple reason with a very simple proposition--that the American people deserve to know about the origins of COVID-19. They deserve to know how this terrible pandemic that has ravaged the globe and our…

The smuggling of children that is happening at our Southern Border, and the drugs that are pouring across that border and into States like mine is a serious problem.

The United States should honor the many victims of the autocratic Putin regime, including the unjustly imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny, by holding Putin and his cronies accountable for the crimes that they have committed…

I really think you're right on target. I agree with you...

What is not complicated about it is that the cartels control the Southern Border.

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Kelly). Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

I ask unanimous consent that the bill be considered read a third time and passed and that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered…

I thank the Senate for this action tonight. This is, as Senator Braun said, an important first step. It is only a first step, but the truth is always the right step, and that is the action that we have taken tonight. I yield the floor…

I do think that waiving the intellectual property rights on COVID-19 vaccines is a problem.

I mean, we know the impact in just the last half dozen years of immunotherapy on cancer treatment.

Members of this committee, most notably Senator Blunt, asked what NIH could do to ramp up innovation.

First, for the past six years, this Committee and Congress have prioritized and invested in NIH. Within this timeframe, funding for medical research increased by $12.85 billion, or nearly 43 percent, after having spent the previous decade…

Unfortunately, this administration is threatening the small business recovery with increased taxes and more regulatory burdens.

I believe if there was open dialogue and a stronger partnership between NCATS and CTSAs, there would likely be more buy-in from the community.

In a time of crisis, during shutdowns and social distancing, for a disease never seen before, the NIH and their nationwide system of grantees were able to use their expertise and infrastructure to develop tests, treatments, and vaccines…