Chris Coons: “I would like to thank the chairman and ranking member, and the panel, for this important hearing.”

I’m sorry that your schedule apparently didn’t permit us to meet before this confirmation hearing, but I hope and expect we’ll find time to meet soon after today.

Every day, emergency medical technicians are the first line of support when lives in their communities are at risk, sometimes throwing themselves into dangerous and deadly situations to begin treatment,

They’re also the skills needed to start a small business, and they are the skills artificial intelligence can’t replace.

Young people crave the same two things people always have: community and purpose.