What can we do to expand and support home health services which I think everybody, including veterans, would prefer and really ramp that up.

The good is we have a historically low unemployment rate, but that creates the question of the migratory workforce.

Well, it seems to me that's an area that we should be talking about in Washington.

Prevention, prevention, prevention.

What should we be attending to in the next round of VA and veterans' legislation?

I've told my staff I want to be the falls senator; without falling.

It's not exactly a morale booster.

And my problem with the regulation is it's the best being the enemy of the good because if the result is closed nursing homes and fewer beds, we haven't gained anything.

I believe that we have leaders there that want to help us, they care.

That's a scary thought, isn't it?

I rise to provide a brief statement on the nomination votes on December 18, 2023. I was unable to attend the votes due to inclement weather. Had I been here on Monday, December 18, 2023, I would have voted in ``yea'' on vote No. 347, the…

today I wish to recognize Maj. Nick Oltman, U.S. Marine Corps, for his outstanding work on behalf of the people of Maine and the Nation as a 2023 Department of Defense legislative fellow serving in my Washington, DC, office. Over the past…

I've come to realize that I'm now above that.

That's what I'm looking for. There's a pre-existing structure. It's not ad hoc when an emergency strikes.

And it's important to me, it seems to me that the local and State emergency preparedness folks know of your capacity and as part of their toolkit.

They did everything that they could have possibly done. They postponed a non-emergency surgery in order to be available as a backup to the local hospital.

One suggestion that Senator Rubio and I are working on is funding preventive measures so that we're preventing the disaster, which is much more expensive to remedy than it is to prevent.

Maine is a big small town with very long streets.

I've come to realize that I'm now above that.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. It was very impressive the way that came together.

Maine is a big small town with very long streets.

This isn't a case where an emergency occurs and you call up and say, can we help? I presume there's already a relationship established.

This isn't a case where an emergency occurs and you call up and say, can we help? I presume there's already a relationship established.

And it's important to me, it seems to me that the local and State emergency preparedness folks know of your capacity and as part of their toolkit.

One suggestion that Senator Rubio and I are working on is funding preventive measures so that we're preventing the disaster, which is much more expensive to remedy than it is to prevent.