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

I mean, be on the panels and on the Committees that decide how best to prepare for disasters

I introduced the Gateway to Careers Act with Senators Young, Kaine, and Collins, a bipartisan bill to expand career pathway programs.

thank you very much. I wanted to rise today to talk about a matter that has come before the Senate in the bill that we are considering, the United States Innovation and Competition Act. I rise to talk about a particular amendment that I…

I think we can do this. I know we can do this.

I think it is unfair to the American people.

We know that communities will continue to suffer from the persistent challenges flowing from the pandemic.

I also think we do need to be somewhere in the middle.

S. 1362 recognizes that pharmacists can play an integral role in addressing these longstanding disparities.

Mr. Chairman, thanks very much for having this hearing. It is critically important, the number of issues that we are learning so much about in the last more than a year now.

It also shows the inequities in our health-care system. And those communities that do not have the same degree of infrastructure, health infrastructure, or access to infrastructure, health care, were the ones who suffered the most during…

I hope we go forward with permanent changes in our reimbursement structures and in the reciprocal regulatory issues among States so that we can expand telehealth, because I think it gives timely access to care for so many individuals.

We run the risk of a two-tier system.

We know that if there was one problem that was terribly, terribly exacerbated by the pandemic, it was the crisis in mental health, especially for children and teens.

We have seen here in the pandemic that patients absolutely want that type of care, and we should act to expand it.

It is very clear to me that, as a practical matter, having audio-only is better than not having any care.

I think if there is one thing we have learned over the course of the pandemic, it is the importance of services that allow seniors and people with disabilities to remain in their homes, in their communities, as we have heard over and over…

Twenty percent is the percent of private sector workers that have access to paid family leave.

Seventy percent of small business owners did offer their employees COVID leave under the Families First, but only 43 percent have claimed the tax credit out of those 70 percent, and the reason is it is too complicated.

I, too, remain very compelled and disturbed by that 20 percent figure, and in particular by the 5 percent figure for low-wage workers.

Paid sick leave and paid family and medical leave are essential to workers to ensure that they are able to take time off to care for themselves and to care for loved ones.

we do not spend enough time on this issue.

one of my priorities, and I know it is a huge priority for so many of us, is making it easier for working and middle class families to have a secure retirement.

Many Americans will ask, Do I have enough money to save for retirement? Can I retire comfortably?

Well, it is very helpful. I know we are almost out of time.