I voted to confirm Kennedy only after intense conversations that included Kennedy’s promise to maintain the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ recommendations without changes.

To reduce their risk of flooding and therefore their monthly flood insurance premiums, people have paid to elevate their homes. It makes sense. If you get floodwaters, it works. And it costs anywhere from $25,000 to $40,000. If your…

For the record, that’s not true.

Americans need direct reassurance from the administration and from you, Mr. Secretary, that these reforms will make their lives easier, not harder.

Supporting these amendments is an effort to kill this bill.

oh my gosh, I wish I didn't have to rise today because I rise to say goodbye but also to honor someone who has been an incredibly important member of our Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee team and, before that, in my…

what you see depends on where you sit. Last Friday, it was announced that the BRIC Program, or the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities Program, run by FEMA would end, and money which had been allocated would be pulled back…

our country has had some pretty severe economic challenges as of late. I am not talking about the recent stock market losses; although those are quite important for someone with a 401(k). I am talking about how real Americans, average…

this is a one-size-fits-all inflationary amendment. Increasing the wage by more than 230 percent even over 5 years will destroy jobs, impacting rural areas and low-margin small businesses that cannot afford such an increase. A law…

I wish the hearing had been held before Kennedy started dismantling the nation’s public health infrastructure, not after.

his poor response to this situation shows that the pressures of being CDC director would have been too much.

I thought we were friends

74,000 people died of fentanyl and fentanyl analogs in 2023. Everyone in this Chamber and everyone watching from home knows of someone who has died of a fentanyl overdose. If you watched the Super Bowl, 74,000 is more people than were in…

this is a theme I have been speaking of which affects States across the Nation, which is the National Flood Insurance Program and the threat that it might lapse and the inability of families to be able to afford. Why are flood insurance…

His poor response to this situation shows that the pressures of being CDC director would have been too much.

I was looking forward to the hearing. I was surprised when Dr. Weldon’s nomination was withdrawn.

I spoke to @EDSecMcMahon and she made it clear this will not have an impact on @usedgov ability to carry out its statutory obligations. This action is aimed at fulfilling the admin's goal of addressing redundancy and inefficiency in the…

I think you need to define what is meant by ‘winding down.’ Returning control to the states and localities is, I think, technically, a good idea.

Returning control to the states and localities is, I think, technically, a good idea.

If we continue to plow the barren ground of something that has already been validated multiple times, that there is not a connection between vaccination and autism, we don’t have the money to go after the real thing.

A link between vaccines and autism has been exhaustively studied and would be a waste of NIH resources.

Absolutely devastating news. Encouraging parents to make sure their child is up-to-date on their vaccines. The measles vaccine is safe and effective.

reserving the right to object, for years, one more time, Congress has refused to make a definitive, permanent decision. It has failed to make schedule I classification of fentanyl- related substances permanent. Law enforcement needs…

I appreciate my colleague's passion. Everybody watching me right now knows somebody who has died from a fentanyl overdose. You cannot minimize the impact of this on everyday families, but what is presented to us is a false choice and I…

We need to make America healthy again, and it is my expectation that Secretary Kennedy will get this done.