"I have introduced multiple times now the Safe Schools Improvement Act, which would require school districts to adopt codes of conduct that explicitly and transparently prohibit bullying and harassment based upon race, color, national origin, sex, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, and ..."
"In 2021, nearly one in five high school students reported making a suicide plan."
"These childcare challenges that we have heard so much about today and have heard for a long time, were persistent throughout every county in the state, no matter what the population base of the county..."
"We can't just throw up our hands and say, well, the funding is over, and you are--Washington has no response to that at all."
"I have been blessed to have the opportunity to be a co-lead on that legislation led by Senator Murray."
"I directed my staff and the Committee to investigate the capacity of State inspection agencies to enforce health and safety standards."
"Just imagine the horror of an 84-year-old woman whose leg was broken at a nursing home in Pennsylvania."
"Underfunded and understaffed State agencies have fallen behind on the basic duties that they are charged with executing on."
"If we as Americans claim that ours is the greatest country in the world, we must insist upon, and invest in, and ensure that we have the best long term care system in the world."
"The report paints a picture of a system in crisis."
"We urge Congress to provide resources to support efforts to scale up inpatient care capacity."