Bob Casey

I am working to pass the Strategic Plan for Aging Act along with Senator Gillibrand to incentivize states to bolster public-private partnerships.

The most important thing we could do is not have anybody else contract black lung.

I think there are a few diseases where literally every breath you take, you can feel it.

I grew up and still live in Scranton, Pennsylvania, which for a while was the anthracite capital of the world.

Congress has the power and ability to do that.

Laws work, but you got to have laws that are enforced.

I want to thank President Roberts for his work, his toil, and, dare I say, sweat on behalf of miners.

I believe that the facts that have been laid out at this hearing... are sufficient to demand action by this Committee.

The carnage in the coalfields from this preventable disease must stop.

Well, thank you. We are all trying to do more to invest in programs that would support doulas and midwives.

The fourth freedom would be the freedom from hunger. And the fifth freedom would be the freedom to be safe from harm.

I believe that in order to nurture a future generation of Black and Brown health care workers, or in order to close gaps between outcomes for white and Black mothers, we have to start in childhood.

The freedom to be healthy, the freedom to learn, the freedom to have economic security, which means giving children the opportunity--their families, the opportunity to save at a very young age for their future.

Well, thank you. We are all trying to do more to invest in programs that would support doulas and midwives.

The fourth freedom would be the freedom from hunger. And the fifth freedom would be the freedom to be safe from harm.

I believe that in order to nurture a future generation of Black and Brown health care workers, or in order to close gaps between outcomes for white and Black mothers, we have to start in childhood.

The freedom to be healthy, the freedom to learn, the freedom to have economic security, which means giving children the opportunity--their families, the opportunity to save at a very young age for their future.

I believe it comes down to at least five basic freedoms that every child should have a right to enjoy.

The fourth freedom would be the freedom from hunger. And the fifth freedom would be the freedom to be safe from harm.

I believe that in order to nurture a future generation of Black and Brown health care workers, or in order to close gaps between outcomes for white and Black mothers, we have to start in childhood.

Well, thank you. We are all trying to do more to invest in programs that would support doulas and midwives.

The freedom to be healthy, the freedom to learn, the freedom to have economic security, which means giving children the opportunity--their families, the opportunity to save at a very young age for their future.

I believe it comes down to at least five basic freedoms that every child should have a right to enjoy, and we should invest in those freedoms, not just talk about them like their platitudes.

Thank you, Senator Casey, for significantly boosting the visibility of direct care professionals

Significant staffing shortages [at state survey agencies] and inadequate oversight put nursing home residents at risk.