The President has proposed, I think, $5 billion to support these community-based interventions.

I come to the floor this afternoon to talk about two issues of vital importance to the United States and the world. First, I want to say a few words about the current violence paralyzing Israel and the Palestinian territories, but then I…

I further ask unanimous consent that the mandatory quorum call with respect to the cloture motion for the motion to proceed to Calendar No. 58, S. 1260, be waived. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

Finally, I ask unanimous consent that I be allowed to finish my remarks prior to the upcoming vote. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Israel

I think it would be a lot easier to get bipartisan support and taxpayer buy-in with respect to the rail investments, if we find some mechanisms to get state buy-in.

I think we have got a-once-in-a-lifetime chance to be able to adapt the rail line for climate.

I think an effort that we need to undertake to clarify lines of authority with respect to our work around pandemic prevention and preparedness.

So we have to have a lot more cooperation between the private sector and the public sector.

We think the private industry has been resistant to enforceable government standards around cyber security.

What worries me is that as this denial of reality of this sort of embrace in some ways of domestic terrorist groups occurs within some elements of the Republican Party, it may ultimately affect the decisions that the next Republican…

I worry that Republicans are not taking this seriously.

Yes, I mean, there's this nuclear grade bananas. I mean, the fact that they think they can rewrite the absolutely 100% crystal clear history of that day.

It's inconceivable to me that at least on that topic we cannot find common ground.

I will remind the committee on this general topic that right now, individuals that are on what we would commonly refer to as the Terrorist Watch List are able to buy weapons in gun stores today.

We suffered through 4 years with a president who literally made things up about this virus; who simplified the story over and over and over again.

I hope that this Committee is actively involved with the Administration on the construction of those contracts, to make sure that we are adequately protecting our taxpayers' investment.

That was not good for the Country. It did not help us fight this disease.

I frankly appreciate the fact that we have leaders today who recognize that we still have gaps in information.

I continue to hear from providers about the difficulties that they have treating their patients because of the patchwork of state licensing requirements.

The TREAT Act is really specific to the pandemic. It is an emergency. We should treat it like one.

I think President Biden came to the conclusion, as he said in his remarks, that we are at a point where we have to accept the facts on the ground rather than the fantasy of endless PowerPoint presentations.

the conclusion was made that 1 more year or 2 more years was not going to change the trajectory.

the security situation is getting worse, not better.

I wanted to talk about the conditions necessary for a restart of ceasefire discussions.

Just to put it on the record, the Saudis each gave around half a billion dollars in 2019.