I thank Chairman Simpson for providing me time to engage in this colloquy. Through working with the chairman and others, the House was able to pass the Revitalize American Manufacturing and Innovation Act last year, and the legislation was…

I am glad to join with several of my colleagues to talk about electronic cigarettes and the Food and Drug Administration's, FDA, role in regulating these products. Over the last year, e-cigarette use among high school students has tripled…

today I am reintroducing the Stop Subsidizing Multimillion Dollar Corporate Bonuses Act with my colleague, Senator Blumenthal. This bill closes a loophole that allows publicly traded corporations to deduct an executive's pay that exceeds…

We need to think creatively about how water is going to be essential for our continued economic growth.

I was very proud to work with Chairman Collins last year on the HEARTH Act.

The burden of documentation is not on the youngster, it is on the provider.

I think that it is much more--I mean, the overwhelming nature of the reports...

unless we can put in resources

We want, I think we all do very sincerely, every child to have a safe, stable, home, food, healthcare, and education, a chance to build a better life for themselves, and frankly it is the future of our country overall.

Well, thank you, Mr. Chairman. And, Ms. Ho, the testimony of Ms. Shore was quite compelling and quite interesting, and the chairman's questions were right on point.

Senator Collins and I confronted this issue of sequestration where the resources could be constrained so severely

Thanks very much. I want to thank the Chairman for this and the panel for extraordinary testimony.

I also want to recognize the work that you have done along with Senator Collins on the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act to ensure that we have protection for LGBT homeless youth.

Well, thank you, Chairman Collins, for holding this important hearing today and also for your tireless efforts to help youth homelessness.

Let us push forward to see if we can find safe housing, healthcare, all those assets that will give people a chance to use their talents in the country.

I think that we cannot continue to perpetuate the misunderstanding that youth who are in harm's way...

You can do within the present statutory framework through guidance, through cooperation and coordination, a much more accurate count of homeless youth.

We must continue to learn and innovate, and ask ourselves how we can do a better job.

But let me raise at least one issue of concern, and that's the proposed elimination of the Beach Act Grant Program.

We want to tee up for an opportunity in the future.

In fact, I would assume, as you're sitting down with your staff...

That would be another reason why we need more----

We want to work with you to understand better the shift of the resource funds.

This becomes ultimately a test of wills against this individual.

Assisting Ukraine to deter attack and defend itself is not inconsistent with the search for a peaceful political solution.