the soldiers also love it, they love it. And that is not a trivial aspect of this program.

The soldiers also love it, they love it. And that is not a trivial aspect of this program.

Overseas MILCON is never the most exciting thing for a Member of the United States Senate to fund, but it is really essential in the Indo-Pacific theater.

What keeps you up at night? What are the unfunded priorities that you think we really need to take a hard look at in the Indo-Pacific?

earlier this week, some Republicans--I think the Republican Study Committee, 170 House Members--released their plans for governing next year. Here are some of the things on their healthcare wish list: ending Medicare as we know it, which…

I ask for the yeas and nays. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Is there a sufficient second? There is a sufficient second. The yeas and nays are ordered. The clerk will call the roll The legislative clerk called the roll.

I ask unanimous consent that we start the 12 noon vote now. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered.

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Just like the rest of the country, there was increasing obesity, there was increasing diabetes because of it.

I have to say that I sit on five committees in the Senate, and the Veterans Committee is one that really is characterized by bipartisanship.

I cannot emphasize enough the importance of using a fact-driven science-based approach to this conversation today.

But if the user is unsophisticated to understand that it's limited, what you're going to have out there is misinformation and false assumptions.

Safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine options have been readily available since 2021.