Susan Collins: “I ask unanimous consent to speak for up to 15 minutes prior to the scheduled roll call vote. The PRESIDING OFFICER.…”

I advocated for significant changes to the proposed rule in a July 6 letter to the agency, citing its potential to politicize grants and harm small, rural communities, families, and biomedical research.

I think what happened is too many of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol agents were sent out there without proper vetting and without proper training.

It would undermine the goal of awarding funds based on scientific merit and value, rather than political ideology.

Vladimir Putin’s brutal, unprovoked war of aggression against Ukraine must end.