This bipartisan bill would establish a partnership between the Federal Government and the private-sector to create voluntary interconnectivity standards.

Foster youth have told me that they need connections with loving adults and to stay in touch with their families.

Their voices must shape our work.

This perpetual crisis promotion prevents us from addressing real problems like child poverty, the childcare crisis, and helping older foster youth.

These outcomes are appalling, and we must do more to help them.

I also request, alongside our Illinois senators, modification to the scope and authorization ceiling for Madison and St. Clair Counties, Illinois.

Unless modified in WRDA 2024, the disparity between projected costs reflect in IIJA funding levels and subsequent real world project costs threatens to jeopardize and delay critical ongoing and planned capital improvements.

I, alongside Senators Durbin and Duckworth, request that Congress directs the USACE to complete a Reevaluation Report for the East St. Louis, and Vicinity, Illinois Ecosystem Restoration and Flood Damage Reduction Project.

Flooding is a recurring issue in eastern North Carolina due to frequent hurricanes, tropical storms, and heavy rainfall.

Addressing these challenges is essential in safeguarding our communities and enhancing the resilience of eastern North Carolina against the detrimental effects of flooding.

I want to express my support for two projects under their administration and oversight in North Carolina's First Congressional District--the Tar-Pamlico River Basin project and the Princeville, North Carolina project.