The Administration is proposing once again to zero out important programs like the Bridge Formula Program.

If we allow the Russian aggression in Ukraine to go forward with impunity, we open a Pandora's box around the world.

thanks to the funding the Democrats passed, the IRS is now answering 90 percent of its phone calls

I just do not understand CMS's misguided and outright unprecedented decision to not cover a whole class of Alzheimer's drugs.

I want to express directly, too, my deep concern and disappointment about that agreement.

we need a modern IRS

the fact that the President's budget does not provide additional funding, specifically targeting Alzheimer's research.

Thank you very much, Chairman Coons. I am delighted to join you today.

Well, I want to switch to relate it by different topics. But to me, it creates a situation where you are rewarding very wealthy depositors and you are creating the need for a special assessment that is going to be imposed on those…

In fiscal year 2023, the Department of Defense began to transition its Operation Allies Welcome to the Department of State under Operation Enduring Welcome.

My concern is this: is that money really going to get to women and children?

the IRS is now answering 90 percent of its phone calls. That is a dramatic improvement from the 13 percent last year.

I think it has a profound impact in Asia, for example. Everyone is watching to see how we and the world respond to this aggression.

I view the two challenges as interconnected, and believe that Russia and China are working in concert to reshape the international order to our disadvantage.

families, of course, are also counting on us to raise the debt limit, you just talked about this, without drama, without delay.

As of December 31, 2022, there were over 147,000 principal applicants in the Afghan SIV pipeline.

I view [the situation for women and girls in Afghanistan] as dire.

Advancing Middle East peace, regional integration, and normalization between Israel and its neighbors is a priority of this Administration and this agency.

CMS needs to stay in its lane. FDA is in charge of drug approval, not CMS.

This is a tragedy that affects each and every one of our States.

we could put more money back in families' pockets when it comes to the tax refunds and relief that they are entitled to

What does all this mean for the delivery of assistance to women and girls in Afghanistan? Are we really going to be able to reach them?

We are going to be, shortly, reintroducing that bipartisan bill. It proposes critical reforms to increase the effectiveness and impact of USAID's maternal and child survival programs.

Let me encourage you, and the other members of the administration, including the President, to make that case to the American people, much more forcefully.

This disappoints me, and I ask you: do you think you are requesting sufficient funding?