I know this is true of a number of Senators, legislation to take steps in the right direction.

I also have legislation I've authored to expand low-income protection for seniors and people with disabilities.

We want to be fully transparent on what we see coming and we are trying to do that.

7 billion fought for by Senator Casey in the American Rescue Plan for expansion of Medicaid home and community-based services is an excellent step forward to realizing the promise of Olmstead.

This pandemic is an inflection point for the United States. Do not let it go to waste.

I rise to speak this afternoon in support of the nomination of Xavier Becerra to serve as the next Secretary of Health and Human Services. President Biden nominated Mr. Becerra, who currently serves as the attorney general of the State of…

The Trump administration did not want people to know about what was going on in nursing homes.

The Biden administration is already working to turn things around, starting with ramping up vaccinations.

I worked with Senator Toomey, my colleague from Pennsylvania, on work we did in connection with the Special Focus Facility program.

we have to start voting with you--both parties, both Houses, both branches of government--to lift up the caregiving workforce.

I am grateful to be working with Senator Toomey, because some of this work can be and must be bipartisan.

It would have served Adelina and her colleagues better if we had done this earlier, but at least we got it done at last.

If milestones are not met within six to 24 months (median time of one year), a temporary manager, change in management/ownership or the closure of the facility may be required.

The terrible impact of COVID-19 on seniors in long-term care isn't a red State or a blue State issue.

AARP appreciates the bipartisan work that you and Senator Casey put into the Nursing Home Reform Modernization Act.

Your family story and your story is a great American story of success and hard work.

I know that there are communities that fit that description in Ohio, plenty of them in Pennsylvania.

I have legislation to establish supplemental rules of origin for nonmarket economies like China.

I wanted to speak in particular terms about the American Rescue Plan and in particular about the provision of home- and community-based services. We know that when we speak of these kinds of services, we are talking about services that…

I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Ms. Baldwin). Without objection, it is so ordered. The senior Senator from Pennsylvania. ____________________

I ask unanimous consent that the following statement regarding the impeachment trial of the former President be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: Statement on…

We face just a myriad of challenges when it comes to the Chinese Government especially.

As you undertake your work at USTR in furtherance of the President, President Biden's racial equity executive order, I want to note the intersectional issues of gender and race, and hope that they would be incorporated and considered.

Through our Trade Subcommittee in the Finance Committee, in the last Congress, Senator Cornyn and I worked on a range of issues posed by the Chinese Government.

I especially appreciated your reference to, quote, 'trade policies that enhance the interests of all Americans,' unquote.