I know everybody thinks of me as a very nice guy, but I am going to be ruthless.

Because an industry body is not Government regulation that Mark Zuckerberg or others at Facebook and elsewhere have called for.

Instagram is addictive. That is the view that has been repeated again and again and again by people who are experts in this field.

So it is really a quality of work rather than a workforce shortage?

Thank you, Mr. Krug, talking about the popcorn business, is popcorn as you manufacture and ship it, a perishable item?

Do you think that with these changes in the quality of work and more skilled training, we can meet what people commonly call the workforce shortage, but really is not a shortage of people willing to work, it is the other factors that go…

How has the pandemic affected the popcorn business, if I may ask?

And those holds are Republican holds on nominees to the DOT?

I wish I could end this exchange on a hopeful note. I have come here so many times wishing that an exchange like this one could lead to progress. And we have offered again and again and again--the Senator from Connecticut on background…

I am grateful to Chairman Casey for the Disaster Relief Medicaid Act, which I have co-sponsored, which ensures that individuals eligible for Medicaid who are forced to relocate during a disaster are able to continue access to Medicaid…

It is not enough to contemplate it. It is to do it that we want.

I must say that I am disappointed with your apparent opposition to the Building Credit Access for Veterans Act of 2021 in contrast to the VFW.

I am willing to try anything and everything that we can to provide the support that is needed by our veterans.

What we are trying to do is show that these alternatives do work, and the best way to do it is through a pilot program.

I hope you will support this legislation. This program is vital to our veterans.

I thank my colleague from Hawaii for that very powerful explanation for why we are here today, and I thank Senator Klobuchar for her incredibly important and impactful leadership in this area as the chairman of the Subcommittee on…

Congress has to deliver. We need to get it done. And as one who will be running for reelection in 2022, I need results that I can show the American people.

But I suspect at some point the VA and DOD computer operations will be a case study for a business school somewhere, and it is not going to be this is how it should be.

I think we need to address this issue with the vigor and aggressiveness that it demands.

I want to make sure I hear it with my own ears.

I have introduced a measure called the Unlawful Turn-Aways Act of 2021, which would require the VA to conduct outreach to less-than-honorably discharged veterans in the same way that they do currently the honorably discharged.

I introduced, along with Senator Tim Scott, a measure called Building Credit Access for Veterans Act.

I think clearly prevention is the most important part of this.

Thank you. I understand that you are committed to implementing the goals and objectives of the recent Rand report.

And I am assuming that the commitment extends the Coast Guard academy and outreach and recruitment, as well as working toward inclusion----