I re-introduced bipartisan legislation with Senator Murkowski, which would expand access to medication-assisted treatment for those struggling with opioid use disorder.

I am working to introduce bipartisan legislation that would work to expand access to suicide awareness and prevention training for students.

I am a co-sponsor of the VET OPP Act, and I would look forward to additional commentary from Mr. Murray.

I just also want to echo what Senator Kaine said about the behavioral health challenges of all of our first responders.

We need to help people get the care they need for stress and anxiety and depression and more.

They really need to be able to get treatment, and they need to have the certainty, and we need this framework.

If I had a second year added to it by a biennial, I would be able to take the projects and draw a timeline of people and dollars, and make sure that they were spent according to it, and hold people accountable to a two-year increment.

COVID-19 has really highlighted the importance of childcare, the need for our country to do better.

Thank you, Mr. Chair and Ranking Member Crapo, for holding this hearing.

The longer we wait to modernize, the longer we procrastinate, the more it is going to cost.

I have advocated for a biennial budgeting cycle where Congress would determine and appropriate the budget in one year

Legacy systems represent a security risk. They are not good at meeting our mission needs.