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.

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.

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.

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

Vaccines are the best shot we have.

We have made incredible progress toward that goal.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

I want to thank and commend both nominees for your enduring commitment to public service.

We know that many of these non-filers are high-income individuals.

I have and will continue to advocate for the IRS to have the resources which are so critical to fulfill its responsibilities.

I have seen the President's budget. You are increasing the fine against ghost preparers. That is great. But can you enforce it?