I have 10 requests for committees to meet during today's session of the Senate. They have the approval of the Majority and Minority leaders. Pursuant to rule XXVI, paragraph 5(a), of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the following…

it has been my good fortune to serve in the U.S. Senate for several terms and in the House before. I can remember this Chamber from my first visit when I sat in that Gallery as a college student and watched the proceedings of the U.S…

Eight percent of the students, 30 percent of the student loan defaults. What does it tell us?

we need to put the students at the center of the conversation, and we need to make sure that what we are doing at the agency, is a model for what we expect.

There is a fear that it has been politicized in the last 4 years, or maybe even before.

The burden of paying off these loans steers our brightest minds into higher-paying specialties and more affluent communities.

yesterday marked the deadline for filing personal income taxes in America. I am sure many people spent the past weekend surrounded by 1099 forms and shoe boxes full of receipts, hoping to claim a well-deserved tax refund after a year of…

We not only have to bring this pandemic to an end, we have to prepare for the next pandemic.

Thankfully, the National Health Service Corps helps to address these gaps by providing scholarship or loan repayment for healthcare workers.

Our students cannot wait, and we are contributing to the problem, you will see a turnaround in that.

I would like for you to say a few words about what you anticipate that $100 million is going to be used for.

President Biden's American Rescue Plan included a provision I authored with Senator Rubio to provide $1 billion in loan repayment.

very shortly, we will be voting on the Kristen Clarke nomination to the Department of Justice. This week is an apt time to start the discussion about her nomination because it marks the anniversary of two of the most important Supreme…

The lives of these borrowers have been compromised.

it is time to act. It is time to have our students at the center of the conversations there.

I am deeply concerned that the FDA will let a product such as JUUL...to remain on the market.

For years, I have introduced the MOMMA's Act with Rep. Robin Kelly, and I'm so pleased that a major component of our bill was recently signed into law as part of the American Rescue Plan.

I support the National Institutes of Health increases.

I have received a lot of questions from Illinois families, who are hoping for more clarity on the CDC's most recent mask guidelines.

I wholeheartedly disagree with the administration's removal of the longstanding Hyde Amendment.

I wholeheartedly disagree with the Administration's removal of the longstanding Hyde Amendment.

I believe it is a public health issue because I represent the State of Illinois and the City of Chicago.

I have worked with the Subcommittee Chair and Ranking Member for years on sustained, predictable increases to the NIH budget--with the goal of providing at least 5 percent real growth year-over-year.

I hope we don't overlook, and I know you feel sensitive to this as I do, is the need in schools to have access to counselors.

The President's fiscal year 22 budget calls for a 19 percent increase to the NIH overall budget.