I am rising to support the amendment that my colleague Senator John Kennedy will introduce. So I will speak before he introduces it, but I speak in support thereof. Senator Kennedy is going to introduce an amendment that would increase and…

I'll add to what my colleague, John Kennedy, said. If you fly over southwest Louisiana, you see blue tarps. Those tarps are there because the families have not had the money to replace their roofs. If you get on the ground, you see…

I would just add to that, from my experience working with school-based clinics, sometimes there are issues which should not be--for example, abuse by a parent, which can be discussed in the safe setting of a school-based clinic with a…

Congress should encourage all States to cover all medically necessary mental health services, including prevention services for all Medicaid-enrolled students.

It appears that we have bipartisan agreement that hydrogen hubs are something that can point us toward a lower carbon future.

I had the privilege to listen to my colleague from California's oration and the privilege to hear many of the things spoken, both by the President and by colleagues here in the Senate, as regards to the voting rights bill that is here…

I ask unanimous consent that privileges of the floor be granted to the following member of my staff: John Wright Picard, an intern. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

Health systems in Louisiana have been overwhelmed by successive waves of COVID variants.

One of the benefits of the oral antivirals Paxlovid and molnupiravir is that they have much broader activity against SARS-CoV-2 and its variants.

Now, obviously, the purpose of this is to come up with wise public policy.

we need to talk about the opioid crisis. The 2020 data shows the largest annual increase in opioid deaths in the last 50 years. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 69,710 Americans died last year from…

the IRS should not have the right to spy on American bank accounts, period. We all know the list of reasons why the Democrats' $3.5 trillion tax- and-spend spree is a disaster. It will bury the American people in a mountain of debt…

I ask unanimous consent that Isabel Rubio, from my office, be granted floor privileges until October 22, 2021. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

It creates dependency upon energy revenue for resilience.

This is good legislation that I encourage my colleagues to support.

Does it seem reasonable that it could be taken into account, that maybe that you take into account that the avoided cost of damage from hurricanes would be a more fulsome, in fact, more accurate way to analyze this bill?

it seems like equity would be for the coastal states to receive the same deal as the onshore states.

I don`t know what. President Trump is the first president in the Republican side at least to lose the House, the Senate and the presidency in four years. Elections are about winning.

if it is $17 billion over 10 years, that is $170 billion as opposed to investing $10 billion over 10 years in order to attempt to mitigate.

That is empty rhetoric unless there is money.

This is not equitable, certainly not in comparison with what states get for onshore revenue.

I would say, not to diminish your concern, but until you start looking at the impact to the federal fisc of not doing anything except pick up the pieces after the disaster, that concern rings a little hollow.

today is Thursday, October 7, 2021, and Risk Rating 2.0 has officially been in effect for 6 full days. What is Risk Rating 2.0? It is a new rating system for the National Flood Insurance Program that will increase premiums higher than…

Thank you very much for offering yourselves to the service of our veterans and our country.

There has been a hostility among Democrats, frankly, and among the Administration as regards charter schools.