Madam Chair, thank you for calling the hearing, again, and also we know why she is Madam Chair now.

It is a topic that I think touches everyone in this room in one way or another, some more directly, obviously, when it is a family member.

We have to figure out more and better ways, I think, to sustain the focus on the urgency, the primacy of getting more funding.

Thank you, Madam Chair.

What is good for the heart is good for the brain.

Chairman Collins, thank you very much, and thank you for saying some things that elicited applause.

we are now learning that a heart-healthy diet is also good for the mind.

But we are grateful, and I just hope we can--and this is a challenge that you pointed to and I think all of us wrestle with.

I want to thank the members of the audience who are here and so many others who were here for a good part of this hearing today.

This budget idea would be--or proposal, I should say, would be a giant step backward, or more than one step.

I am very grateful she is able to be with us today to share her family's story.

Phyllis, like so many in the audience, cares for her loved one.

I so strongly oppose the administration's plan to slash funding for the National Institutes of Health.

This is, I think, a mission worthy of a great country, and you have given us a good road map and a good to-do list.

I know you may not on some days feel like you are overcoming something, you are not winning. But in so many ways you are.

today I wish to honor Barbara Vachon, who retired this March after 16 years of service to the Senate. For as long as I have been in the Senate, with just a 2-month exception, Barb has served as my executive assistant and my right hand…

I have no present reason to disturb this rule.

I support efforts to reduce black lung disease.

I feel strongly we need to ensure undocumented workers are safe and receive fair treatment, especially in this time of heightened fear and uncertainty.

I would enforce the laws Congress has written fully and fairly.

the Secretary must be an independent voice for workers who will push back on the President's agenda to hurt working families.

If confirmed, I will examine this matter more closely.

It is one that we both see back home, and I think that is true of every member of this Committee.

I appreciate that, and it is important for us to know that number.

They lead quietly triumphant lives.