"I recently sent a bicameral, bipartisan letter... requesting that the final Fiscal Year 2023 appropriations bill include $1.93 billion in funding for older Americans."
"Americans should not have to worry about where their next meal will come from."
"South Carolina is a leader in telehealth innovation."
"In 2021, I introduced the Telehealth Modernization Act with Senator Schatz and a bipartisan group including Senators Collins and Warnock."
"During today's hearing, we have heard and learned about many programs and services aimed at helping families that are not set up to accommodate grandfamilies or kinship families."
"There is so much that needs to be done here, but funding for elder abuse and justice programs... is a first step."
"We must address the stigma surrounding mental health issues."
"Elder abuse has a physical, mental, and financial impact on older adults."
"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 mak..."
"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 f..."