Bob Casey

At the end of your testimony, you articulated the three words that you hope will encapsulate what a union would mean to you, dignity, justice, and respect.

It is interesting that we need reminders but section 1, that you highlight on page 1 of your testimony, that outlines the protection, 'by workers of full freedom of association, self-organization, and designation of representatives of…

The documented decline in life expectancy for working age adults in our Nation and the socioeconomic disparities that are part of that trend are alarming, disturbing, and I think all of us--need to do something.

In general, research indicates that trade liberalization policies and increasing import exposure are associated with higher death rates due to drug overdose and suicide mainly among Whites.

I am grateful for this indulgence. I am grateful for this hearing.

The impact of stress and poverty on people having not just an adverse health impact, but literally being for some people, many people, a death sentence.

The integrity that you bring to your work and the knowledge you bring to your work on behalf of the Nation, that I think that sentiment is a broad and deep reservoir, and it is very, very much bipartisan.

The ABLE Age Adjustment Act will provide 6 million additional Americans with disabilities with the opportunity to open an ABLE account.

No one can be satisfied with those numbers.

Senators Casey and Collins introduced the Grandfamily Housing Act--I have joined them--to help grandparents caring for grandchildren find the housing support they need.

We want to review outbound investment of critical capabilities to foreign adversaries and nonmarket economies like China.

I do not think we ever want to be in such a vulnerable position, a dependent position, again as we were in 2020.

We have to address, of course, the concerns of parents who are hesitant to get their children vaccinated.

Thank you, Chair Murray. I want to thank the panel for their presence here today and the message you are delivering.

We have made incredible progress toward that goal.

Vaccines are the best shot we have.

We have to stop this pandemic. We need to do it soon.

My concern with the president's approach to this issue is just throwing money at the issue will not solve the problem of quality control.

Now we must learn from the devastation brought on by COVID-19.

Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services enable more than three-and-a-half million people to remain in their homes.

The pandemic highlighted the essential value of care, both that supported by a professional workforce and that of unpaid family caregivers.

I share those goals, and I know a lot of the members of our committee do.

I wish those who have been touting the 2017 tax cut would have voted for the Rescue Plan.

We know that, even before the COVID-19 pandemic, children were facing both behavioral and mental health crises all across the country.

People, families, children, have to work too hard to get access to care.