we need to do a heck of a lot better and there are a number of bills that would enable the affordable access to childcare, and I think that's something that we need to do for the women in our country and I say about time.

International trade, at its fundamental core, is about fairness.

Whatever you can do to get across to women in our country, girls in our country, that they can invent things and that they can be part of a huge economic--make a huge economic difference to our country.

Is there anything more that Congress can do to enable small businesses, especially women-owned businesses, to have access to capital?

I greatly appreciate this Committee's attention to the unique needs of Native and tribal communities in this upcoming Farm Bill.

Unleashing our country's full potential is also why last Congress I worked with Senators Tillis, Coons, and other colleagues to introduce the IDEA Act.

as we move forward with the National Defense Authorization Act, I want to say a little bit about why it is so important that we get this done. Over the last several months, the administration and all of us in the Senate--with particular…

I believe that everyone deserves representation in our legal system.

I think that the idea of expanding and diversifying, it runs across all gamuts, including lawyers, you know, to be able to know a product when they see it.

the only three countries that do worse than us in terms of supporting childcare affordability and availability, Ireland, Costa Rica, and Turkey.

I have visited the Women's Business Center in Honolulu and I know that it makes a really big difference.

Is there anything more that Congress can do to enable small businesses, especially women-owned businesses, to have access to capital?

the only three countries that do worse than us in terms of supporting childcare affordability and availability, Ireland, Costa Rica, and Turkey.

I think that's why some of the funding that we provided for this purpose, especially for rural areas, through the Infrastructure Bill and others, I think that's going to be really critical to enable entrepreneurs in the rural areas of our…

Whatever you can do to get across to women in our country, girls in our country, that they can invent things and that they can be part of a huge economic--make a huge economic difference to our country.

International trade, at its fundamental core, is about fairness.

I think we have a very, very well-qualified panel today.

I greatly appreciate this Committee's attention to the unique needs of Native and tribal communities in this upcoming Farm Bill.