I think the pandemic has taught us once again that we have to examine the effectiveness of our biosecurity posture.

That was a 28½-percent increase in overdose deaths. That is really heartbreaking, because we had made great progress in 2018 and 2019.

This is why we have to continue the reimbursement under Medicare and Medicaid--and Medicaid particularly--for substance abuse.

So this is a huge reason why we need to figure out, as a Congress, how to get back on this issue.

One serious concern we have, of course, is the possibility of more cyberattacks against the United States in response to the United States doing things like applying sanctions, which many of us believe are necessary, particularly should…

It is an opportunity to get our Federal house in order, to be able to secure some of this grant funding.

the Chinese intelligence program was doing exactly what we just heard with regard to taking U.S. Government-sponsored research back to China.

I agree with former Secretary of the Treasury, Larry Summers, and many other economists who said at the time, a year ago, that adding that kind of stimulus at a time when the economy was growing... would cause inflation that would be…

Deficit reduction. Nobody wants to talk about it much anymore, but it is incredibly important.

It seems to me that more stimulus is not the way to go but instead for us to figure out how to get inflation down by expanding our economic growth.

This allows us to legislate much more productively, get things done in the health care space, and it is critical for respecting, in my view, the religious and ethical and moral beliefs of so many Americans.