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Mr. President, I rise today to join my colleague from Michigan, Senator Peters, in introducing legislation to expand Medicare beneficiaries' access to Medical Nutrition Therapy, or MNT, which is a cost-effective component of treatment for…
Mr. President, I rise today to introduce the State Veterans Homes Domiciliary Care Flexibility Act. This bill would address a current gap in care for veterans in Maine living with early- stage dementia. Specifically, it would ensure that…
Mr. President, let me begin by thanking my two colleagues, Senator Moran and Senator Blumenthal, for their tremendous leadership on the Empowering Olympic, Paralympic, and Amateur Athletics Act. I am very proud to be a cosponsor of their…
Madam President, I have listened to the presentations of my two colleagues, Senator Cassidy and Senator Menendez, and I could not agree with them more. We have an opportunity to solve a problem that is affecting each and every community in…
Mr. President, I rise today to join my colleague from Arizona, Senator Sinema, in introducing legislation to support the operation of a national child abuse hotline. Of all the major national help hotlines, the crisis line for child abuse…
Mr. President, the Paycheck Protection Program of forgivable loans has been a lifeline to millions of our small businesses and their employees. According to a recent census survey, more than 76 percent of Maine's small businesses reported…
Mr. President, I rise today to express my support for the National Defense Authorization Act, which passed the Senate today with strong bipartisan support, and to highlight a number of its important provisions, as well as amendments that I…
I am not sure who outed me on the birthday, but I appreciate the well wishes. Madam Speaker, I thank the subcommittee chairwoman for her strong support on this issue. This is the second year in a row that the chairwoman and her committee…
The purpose of my amendment is to call attention to the shortage of VA mental health and substance use disorder facilities. For example, veterans in my home State of Maine must travel hundreds of miles out of State to access long-term…
Mr. President, first, let me recognize and thank Senator Grassley for his extraordinary leadership on an issue that matters so greatly to the American people, and that is the high cost of prescription drugs. His persistence has produced…
Mr. President, I rise to introduce a bill with my colleague, Senator Smith that will help the hardworking loggers across this Nation whose operations have suffered serious losses directly due to the pandemic. In Maine alone, logging has a…
I thank Chairman Smith for yielding. I want to take a moment to talk about an amendment coming forward today having to do with the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act. I think it is particularly important. Having deployed to Afghanistan and…
Mr. President, today, I am pleased to be joined by my colleague from West Virginia, Senator Joe Manchin, in introducing the Advancing Uniform Transportation Opportunities for Veterans Act. Our bill, known as the AUTO Act, would lessen the…
Mr. President, I see there are colleagues and friends on the floor waiting to speak, and I just want to assure them that I will be very rapid. (The remarks of Ms. COLLINS pertaining to the introduction of S. 4155 are printed in today's…
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that Megan McCulloch, a defense fellow in my office, be granted floor privileges throughout the remainder of this Congress. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered…
Madam President, last night, the Senate approved legislation to extended the Paycheck Protection Program, better known as PPP, through August 8, while we continue bipartisan negotiations on a bill to provide additional assistance to our…
Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Paycheck Protection Program
Madam President, we are talking about the National Defense Authorization Act. We are talking about preventing and dealing with threats to our country. I want to describe a hypothetical threat--a threat that throws millions of people out of…