I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The clerk will call the roll. The senior assistant executive clerk called the roll.

Elder abuse has a physical, mental, and financial impact on older adults.

There is so much that needs to be done here, but funding for elder abuse and justice programs... is a first step.

As you know, because of COVID we have seen so much more mental health needs grow exponentially.

We need to make sure that every single voter understands that the Republican Party and Mitch McConnell does not believe that their daughters, that their mothers., that their sisters have rights to make fundamental life and death decisions…

I hope every human being in this country understands that when you take away a woman's right to make her decisions about her health and well-being, she is no longer a full citizen. She no longer has freedom. She no longer has bodily…

It is an outrage that we have five justices on the Supreme Court who lied, lied in their confirmation hearings in order to be confirmed.

I would like to speak to America’s men for one minute. Imagine you do not have authority over your own body for ten months. Imagine if that decision-making would not be taken away even if you would die in childbirth. If even if you…

I ask unanimous consent that the pro forma session scheduled for 4 p.m. on April 18, 2022, now be scheduled to occur at 12:30 p.m. on April 18; and the pro forma scheduled for noon on April 21, 2022, now be scheduled to occur at 8:45 a.m…

I ask to be recognized notwithstanding the order that no business be conducted during today's pro forma session. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so ordered.

I stand here to proudly support Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court. The Nation has had the opportunity to watch Judge Jackson during her confirmation hearing 2 weeks ago and see firsthand the temperament…

Thank you very much, and thank you, Mr. Chairman, for this important hearing.

Most older adults prefer to remain in their homes and communities as they age, yet many older adults face significant challenges to safety and independence because of modifiable risk factors in their homes.

I have introduced legislation, the Housing Temperature Safety Act, which would require the installation of heat sensors in federally subsidized housing.

That is why I am a champion of Senator Bob Casey's Better Care Better Jobs Act and its commitment to a massive care infrastructure investment as well as my proposal for a national paid leave program.

Thank you, and just one question for Mr. Kingsmore.

I can tell you that the Ukrainian people are suffering deeply. But they are determined and they are determined to win this fight. They are not going to stop. They`re going to keep fighting to the very last man.

The good news is, Chris, that Europe has only woken up, our NATO allies are ready to stand tall and to stand to defend any other NATO ally.

Our national investment in rural areas and small towns has not always matched their contribution.

I secured $3 billion in the American Rescue Plan to establish the Health Force.

They want Putin declared as a war criminal and all his generals. Because when they are launching missiles at hospitals, at apartment buildings killing children killing innocent people, those are war crimes.

They want more sanctions. They want to just create a vise around Putin`s inner circle, and to make sure that they feel the full weight of international sanctions in every regard to deny them entirely from the financial system and to begin…

I just want to, for the record, talk about this legislation and how important it is. I am extremely grateful for the work of Senator Graham over the last 5 years in writing this bill. And I am very grateful to the majority leader for…

I want to be clear, there is nothing in the bill requiring any court to adopt new dismissal mechanisms for victims' claims. How and when a case moves forward is by virtue of current existing State or Federal law. There is no new mechanism…

I just want to thank my colleagues Senator Graham and Senator Ernst for their outstanding work in this regard. We have worked over many years to get a bill that can be agreed upon. Senator Ernst made sure that her concerns were met in…