"Fewer than 10 percent of its websites were fully accessible as of last Fall and the Department's plans to fix them were, in a word, inadequate."
"The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated a long-term shift in delivering government services using virtual front doors instead of physical front doors."
"We would not ask someone using a wheelchair to walk up the courthouse steps, but in a real sense we are doing something similar when we ask people with disabilities to use Federal websites."
"A long list of Federal agencies, and even the White House, have settled lawsuits in recent years alleging their websites and technology are not accessible."
"We cannot let any grandfamily fall through the cracks. We must ensure that every grandparent and kinship caregiver across the country has the resources and support they need to care for their children..."
"They are among our Nation's unsung heroes. They are, in so many ways, a light in the darkness."
"I think Congress has a responsibility to respond to this part of the larger tragedy of the pandemic."
"140,000 new orphans in our country."
"the pandemic has had a devastating impact on students across the board."
"as Senator Casey mentions, our student students with disabilities."
"as Senator Casey highlighted, you have responded to our disability community."