the Senate should absolutely support the Freedom to Travel for Health Care Act. Currently, abortion is banned in 10 States, with many more set to follow--now, not in Colorado, where we acted strongly to support access to reproductive care…

It is aridification or desertification. It is the consistently drying of our precipitation patterns, which has led to more and more, worse and worse wildfires.

We, obviously, in Colorado, we feel that we are on the front lines of climate change and the climate crisis.

next month marks an anniversary that nobody wants to celebrate: 10 years since 70 people were shot and 12 killed while sitting in a movie theater in Aurora, CO. At the time, it was the largest mass shooting in American history. Since then…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The Senator from Colorado. S. 2938

We can, and I think really have to work closely with our allied partners to advance scientific and research efforts.

The real question, though, is how much do we lose by delaying the appropriate investments to complete that preparedness work?

The reality is, I think it creates real danger for the probability that new COVID variants or other pathogens like monkeypox can emerge and spread quickly undetected in our interconnected world.

I think it is imperative that we make investments today that will help us better understand and prepare for viruses tomorrow.

What are you going to do to make sure every kid has a chance to get meaningful work experience while they are still in school, before they actually go out and get a job?

I do appreciate what you are trying to do to go back through the entire process and see where the mistakes were made, and then figure out how do you build back a better structure.

I asked him after 8 years as being President of the United States, what kept him up at night, what was the single thing that most concerned him, and he said cybersecurity, especially the way it would interface with things like health care…

I am so proud to be working with Senator Braun on the Partners Act to help small and medium sized businesses with their training efforts.

One of the things that we might be missing here is the fact that this technology rolls over very quickly.

We are at a critical time in our quest to expand access to high speed broadband internet to literally every American.

This critical need for skilled laborers, tower climbers, technicians to help build the broadband infrastructure in communities has only gotten worse.

We also need to be making critical investments in our workers, and in the successful programs that give them the skills to succeed.

The barriers that you got over in terms of the Marshall Fire and really helping adjust, this affects people's lives in real time.

Now, according to the Federal Reserve, 75 percent of the bottom half of income distribution, the three-quarters of those people in the bottom half don't have a retirement plan at work.

I think this is a solvable problem. I think it is a problem that we can solve on a bipartisan basis in this country.

But more concerning, according to the Federal Reserve, those in the bottom 50 percent by wealth have a median retirement savings of zero.

I have been working, our offices have been working with Senator Collins to figure out a way to remove administrative obstacles for small businesses.

I suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will call the roll. The senior assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll. Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the order for the…

Enough. It’s time to change the filibuster to protect voting rights.

I am introducing, with Senator Padilla, the Parks, Jobs, and Equity Act, which would help create a federal grant program.