Brian Schatz

I am cautiously optimistic about the revived research on psychedelics.

We have to draw distinctions around drug policy and a kind of move towards liberalization of drug policy.

I think I speak for most of us when we'd say this is one of our favorite hearings. It gives us the most hope about the future.

My bill, the CONNECT for Health Act, cosponsored by 63 of my bipartisan Senate colleagues, would ensure permanent expansion of Medicare telehealth coverage.

Can you reassure me that this thing is going to get stood up quickly?

The soldiers also love it, they love it. And that is not a trivial aspect of this program.

What keeps you up at night? What are the unfunded priorities that you think we really need to take a hard look at in the Indo-Pacific?

Overseas MILCON is never the most exciting thing for a Member of the United States Senate to fund, but it is really essential in the Indo-Pacific theater.

The soldiers also love it, they love it. And that is not a trivial aspect of this program.

We have made a lot of good progress, but there is still much work to be done.

We must never forget that there are real lives at stake.

It is important as we deal with the attacks against Israel and against our forces that are in harm's way.

I share your view on their importance.

I look forward to working with Senators Murray and Collins and, of course, the real Chairman, Senator Tester, to position us for success to getting a budget passed on time.

What keeps you up at night? What are the unfunded priorities that you think we really need to take a hard look at in the Indo-Pacific?

Overseas MILCON is never the most exciting thing for a Member of the United States Senate to fund, but it is really essential in the Indo-Pacific theater.

The soldiers also love it, they love it. And that is not a trivial aspect of this program.

Overseas MILCON is never the most exciting thing for a Member of the United States Senate to fund, but it is really essential in the Indo-Pacific theater.

What keeps you up at night? What are the unfunded priorities that you think we really need to take a hard look at in the Indo-Pacific?

I ask for the yeas and nays. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Is there a sufficient second? There is a sufficient second. The yeas and nays are ordered. The clerk will call the roll The legislative clerk called the roll.

Before I begin my remarks, in the Hawaii Legislature, there was a common custom to ask the presiding officer that the previous speaker's remarks were adopted as if they were my own. And although I didn't listen to the entirety--I am not…

We write to express our support for the Tribal Access to Clean Water Act of 2023.

Statement of Senator Schatz

We write to express our support for the Tribal Access to Clean Water Act of 2023.

Statement of Senator Schatz