One suggestion that Senator Rubio and I are working on is funding preventive measures so that we're preventing the disaster, which is much more expensive to remedy than it is to prevent.

In closing, it is very clear that the only thing that D.C. continues to do successfully is spend American taxpayer funding. We did not do what was necessary to mitigate these risks. There was always this 2 weeks to slow the curve. I wish…

Maine is a big small town with very long streets.

I love how our colleagues on the left refer to every conspiracy as a conspiracy until it is found to be factual, which is 99 percent of the time. I am also aware that Mr. Fauci is no longer there and we are very thankful for that. His…

I appreciate the gentlewoman for her acknowledgment that we have increased spending by $8.4 billion, of which some of that funding led to additional trillions of dollars in spending and thousands of lives lost, as we funded things like the…

My amendment is pretty simple. This would cut back on the spending for the office of the NIH Director by more than $160 million to return us back to the fiscal year 2019 funding level. This amendment ensures appropriate accountability for…

I appreciate the gentlewoman actually stepping up. She asked two key questions that I really liked. First off, what would it eliminate was one of the questions. Well, what it would eliminate is the wasteful and fraudulent spending that has…

This amendment cuts back spending for the Office of Public Health Scientific Services by more than $158 million to return us back to our FY19 funding levels. This reins back the irresponsible, ballooned spending that we have seen during…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 68, line 17, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $160,384,000)''. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant…

And it's important to me, it seems to me that the local and State emergency preparedness folks know of your capacity and as part of their toolkit.

They did everything that they could have possibly done.

I rise today to introduce the Medical Nutrition Therapy Act of 2023, along with my colleague from Michigan, Senator Peters. Our bill would expand Medicare beneficiaries' access to medical nutrition therapy, or MNT, which is a…

It would be a shame to see any reductions in funding or staffing in Maine and I am sure that is true elsewhere.

I personally would like to see full funding requested at the previous level for SBDCs and SCORE.

The Community Navigator Program was set up through I believe the American Rescue Plan and is a pilot program.

Not only has the failure to control the border led to unchecked migration, but also it has contributed to the illegal drug crisis.

Immigrants who have come to our country legally have contributed greatly to the fabric of our economy and our communities.

Think about that number. That means that there were nearly twice as many encounters at the Southwest border as there are people in the entire State of Maine.