I joined with Senators Klobuchar and Thune and Hickenlooper in legislation trying to enforce, encourage the FCC to make decisions about the USF contribution factor.

We've worried and tried to impress upon the agencies here and in the appropriations process that you could have an entity that's already received money just recently from one Federal program and the other Federal program be duplicating it.

I know the impacts of this pandemic and how destructive it can be on families.

I guess I just want to be careful today we don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

I think that sounds right, and what do you think are the most important steps that Congress could take to actually build shipping capacity?

I am very concerned about the attack on vaccination efforts.

To say, no, do not get the vaccine is completely irresponsible.

I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The clerk will call the roll. The legislative clerk called roll.

I co-led the Agriculture Export Promotion Act of 2023 (H.R. 648) in this Congress.

I am proud to stand with my friend, the senior Senator from the great State of Alabama, as he continues to fight against the Department of Defense's attempt to circumvent Congress and ignore existing Federal law which prevents the…

I want to also commend the Biden Administration for reaching the historic August agreement with Australia and the U.K.

yes, our ships are better, our workers are better, but as far as who is building more ships and the capacity there is no question that over many decades, that has shifted, unfortunately, to China.

the capacity and our ability to build ships is dramatically different, and I just want to remind us that, in China, they build on the commercial side approximately 1,000 ships a year.

when we are talking about the capacity and the ability of the American shipbuilding to Chinese shipbuilding, no one certainly is going to argue that we do not have the best work force and that we do not have the best military anywhere in…

We have so many places that need service to begin with that if we're duplicating one place, we are damaging somebody else.

the greatest predictor of carbon production for the world, the number one indicator for carbon production for the world is a strong world economy.

the greatest predictor of carbon production for the world, the number one indicator for carbon production for the world is a strong world economy.

I was mayor of Long Beach for the last eight years, so we have a large public health department, about half a million people, so I saw firsthand the impact of our vaccine rollout and how important it was to public health.