Michael Bennet: “The pandemic has only made this problem worse, and I am worried that it will set rural areas even further behind on…”

Not only does withholding pay irreparably harm some of the N.P.S.’s most vulnerable staff at a time of immense difficulty and uncertainty, it discourages future applicants and further strains the N.P.S.’s ability to recruit the skilled…

we should refuse to pass a bill that adds millions to our debt in order to cut taxes for the wealthiest while doing nothing for our kids. I urge my colleagues to support this motion.

I think, this evening, as we are standing here, this will mark the longest shutdown in American history, and that is not something that anybody in this Chamber should be proud about. I have had the opportunity, since I have been here, to…

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