There are very few bipartisan issues in Washington these days, but our national concern about the PRC is one of them.

This has to be probably one of the most careful analyses done every day in the Pentagon and elsewhere in our security establishment.

America's alliance with Japan stands as the cornerstone of prosperity, security, and stability throughout the Indo-Pacific region.

Our biggest weakness is our political division, is our inability to show that confidence, that bipartisan strength.

I think the U.S. strategy has been to just push that back a day at a time, a year at a time.

We just want the facts, ma'am.

I think it is important that we keep that in mind.

This comprehensive bill will make our-- will make a generational investment in the workforce that will help us care for our loved ones who need support.

I've called for ending the almost 44-year U.S. policy of strategic ambiguity in favor of strategic clarity.

No country can shape in a positive way the future of the region in isolation.

They intentionally chose not to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.

the United States intends to still be the indispensable global partner with this network of alliances, this lattice of security arrangements we have.

I hear from health systems, independent providers, long-term care facilities... about the challenges recruiting, training, and retaining a high quality health care workforce.

This permanent increase in federal funding is critically needed to strengthen and sustain the direct care workforce.

This comprehensive bill will make our-- will make a generational investment in the workforce that will help us care for our loved ones who need support.

It is getting tougher for people to find and afford... It is getting hard for institutions to find and retain the quality workforce.

It is a treat to be able to come back to the Aging Committee.

The quality of workforce is just directly tied to our happiness, our health, and our kind of measurement of our success as a society.