Last week, I reintroduced the Gateways to Careers Act for Senator Young, Senators Kaine, and Collins.

Pell Grants now pay for maybe a quarter of the expenses in state colleges.

As an English-language learner himself, Dr. Cardona knows that all students can succeed when given access to a high quality, public education.

As our Nation continues to grapple with unprecedented disruptions to our education systems, I look forward to hearing from you on how we can best meet the needs of our students now and going forward.

Our students and our schools are in crisis, and every day without an experienced leader at the Department of Education is a day we are losing precious ground.

I hope to work with my colleagues here in Congress to confirm you as quickly as possible, given the urgency of this pandemic and its impact on our students.

Unfortunately, according to the National Federation of Independent Businesses, many small businesses remain unaware that they can receive up-front payments of the Employee Retention Credit.

Having someone with your expertise at the Treasury is going to be pivotal to helping struggling families and businesses as we work to contain the virus, protect and create jobs, and rebuild the economy.

The bipartisan National Defense Authorization Act passed earlier this month included a provision led by Senator Warner that established an advisory group with Treasury to counter new ways that terrorists use emerging financial technology.

I think many are used, at least in the transactions sense, mainly for illicit finance.

As we continue to assist struggling businesses to keep their employees on payroll, we also need to strengthen support for the risk-takers and innovators who create new jobs and help us grow the economy.

I want to thank my colleague from New Mexico for his remarks just now. I rise today to join him and my other Democratic colleagues in opposing Amy Coney Barrett's nomination to the Supreme Court. I want to begin by acknowledging the nature…