The volume and complexity of the FDA's work have grown considerably in recent years.

FDA's core mission is critical to the lives of American families and seniors.

today I wish to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the town of Lebanon, ME. Lebanon was built with a spirit of determination and resiliency that still guides the community today, and this is a time to celebrate the generations of…

I rise today to speak in support of the Apprenticeship and Jobs Training Act, which Senator Cantwell and I are reintroducing today. Few issues are as important to the American people as the availability of good jobs in our communities. It…

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I would like to express the sentiments of all of us who were stunned and saddened to learn first thing this morning of the attack on our colleagues and their staff on the House side as they practiced for the Republican team for the annual…

I think the funding in the budget request for the European Reassurance Initiative, as well as continuing the State Partnership Program, is absolutely vital.

I certainly hope that will be resolved soon.

I believe that is absolutely essential to your ability to restore readiness to the level that is needed.

The company ensured the drug was considered the gold standard--the best drug available for the condition it treats, ensuring that physicians would continue to prescribe the drug, even if the price increased.

What we found in that investigation is that companies were able to ward off competition by putting their drugs in closed distribution systems.

We, on the Intelligence Committee, want to know the answers to those questions. And we have begun to request information from the attorney general to allow us to get to the bottom of that.

It's fundamental to the operation of our government that the FBI be insulated from this kind of political pressure.

The President never should have cleared the room, and he never should have asked you, as you reported, to let it go.

Don't ever leave me alone with him again.

The best way to prevent the trafficking of these vulnerable individuals is to give them safe places to stay and provide services.

But just so you might know, my slogan on this is that in the land of the free, there must always be a home for the brave.

My hope, and I guess I am just seeking a commitment from you, is that you are putting together the team, that it sounds like you are.

I am not happy that there is no additional funding for new VASH vouchers, which help our homeless veterans.

While I am deeply troubled by some of the budget proposals, I also want to acknowledge that there are so many areas where HUD and I share common interests.

I think the President's budget eliminates funding for the Interagency Counsel on Homelessness, which I think is a huge mistake.

I think there's a lot of confusion about Section 702, and I appreciate your clear explanation this morning.

This program, partially because of its interagency approach, has been successful in reducing homelessness among our veterans by 47 percent since we started it in 2010.

It is unfortunate that due to the delay in your confirmation the Administration determined the size and scope of HUD's budget request largely before you arrived on the scene in the Secretary's office, which limited your input into the…

I am particularly troubled by youth homelessness.