Nearly 8 percent of teachers leave their profession each and every year, double the rate in countries like Canada.

Public school teachers should not be forced to work two or three jobs just to make ends meet.

This country does not survive unless we have the best education in the world for our kids, we're not going to compete economically.

There is, in fact nothing more, nothing more important that we can do than provide a quality education to all of our young people.

Raising teacher salaries to at least 60,000 a year, and ensuring competitive pay for all of our teachers is one of the most important steps we can take to address the teacher shortage in America and to improve the quality of public…

The situation has become so absurd that 4 hedge fund managers on Wall Street made more money last year than every kindergarten teacher in America.

Opening statement.

Mr. Chairman, thank you very much.

I appreciate that, and I appreciate your leadership and the fact that you've served as both a teacher and a paraprofessional, I think indicates your experience is significant.

Chairman Carper, how will a congressional notification requirement work to address proliferation concerns, if there is no explicit direction for the Commission to deny a license for nations that do not have the strongest possible…

I thank the Senator from Delaware for his comments on these issues and his leadership. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Kansas. Veterans

I thank you, Chairman Carper, for your unequivocal statement that, under this bill, the NRC will still be required to implement a safety-first mission. I would also like to note my concern over language directing that regulatory activities…

Chairman Carper, is the intent of requiring congressional notification to facilitate a better understanding of the extent and nature of export licensing activity?

I commend Chairman Carper for his efforts to maintain adequate guardrails against proliferation during negotiations with our House colleagues. But we must not export nuclear material and technology to countries that do not meet the same…

Thank you, Chairman Carper. I will continue to hold the Commission accountable to its primary safety responsibilities as outlined in the Energy Reorganization Act. Finally, before I yield the floor, I must raise my concerns in this bill…

Mr. President, I rise today to discuss S. 870. I am a passionately strong supporter of the effort to reauthorize the U.S. Fire Administration, the Assistance to Firefighters Grants Program, and the Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency…

The COVID-19 pandemic was one of the worst public health crises that our country has ever faced.

The COVID-19 pandemic was one of the worst public health crises that our country has ever faced.