The reality is we are going to hear from our panelists for a moment, is that long COVID is a very serious illness that can have devastating consequences for those who contract it in America today.

The U.S. should consider the establishment within the National Institutes of Health of an Institute for Infection-Associated Chronic Illnesses.

We still seem in this country, much more than any other countries, to rely on the prison system to be the place where we somehow quote, 'address those issues.'

What people don't realize is--they feel like mental health courts sort of soft-on-crime type of stuff, but it truly is crime fighting.

I think the First Step Act has been incredibly helpful in acknowledging that there's some folks who really are good to be getting back out on the street.

We know that long COVID can include more than 200 symptoms, including serious cognitive impairment and severe cardiovascular and neurological problems that can continue for weeks, months, or even years after initial infection.

I have been extremely concerned by the implications of the SEC's proposed climate disclosure rule.

You have an historic opportunity to act. The lives of millions of Americans now and in the future depend on this.

We must address the challenge of Long Covid.

This crisis is made even worse by the fact that long COVID patients often require multiple specialists to treat their complex symptoms.

I reserve the balance of my time, and I would yield the floor to Senator Merkley. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Oregon.

What people don't realize is--they feel like mental health courts sort of soft-on-crime type of stuff, but it truly is crime fighting.

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I think the First Step Act has been incredibly helpful in acknowledging that there's some folks who really are good to be getting back out on the street.