that is why it is even more critical that the VA and the DoD takes swift action to implement the Commander John Scott Hannon Act, my bipartisan bill with the Ranking Member Moran.

I recently introduced the Gateway to Careers Act with Senators Young, Kaine, and Collins.

I share the concern raised by my colleagues regarding how COVID-19 has impacted students who experience disabilities.

I want to thank our great Ranking Member, Senator Moran, along with Senator Boozman and Senator Blumenthal and our House colleagues for helping all of us work together to push this bill through.

It is the right stakeholders as well as leadership of those stakeholders to make sure that they are at the table.

I will work with the commission, Senator Cassidy, and the Members of the Subcommittee to introduce legislation to address the issues that we will discuss today, to better prepare communities all across the United States to manage future…

Recent data shows a more than 9 percent decline Nationally in students completing their free application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, this year.

We are the only country that subsidizes these companies the way we do, yet according to a recent Rand study we are paying up to 250 percent more for prescription drugs than countries with similar GDP.

These charities can help people who have high out-of-pocket costs and have no other choices but to take that drug.

These are just a few examples of the uniquely American tools that the drug industry has at its disposal.

I believe there is bipartisan support in the Senate for legislation that meaningfully lowers the cost of prescription drugs, and we need to take action this year.

So they could just lower their prices overall, and that would make a difference for the patients.