Ron Wright: “Any suggestion that anyone up here or any political party has a monopoly on caring for children is just ludicrous and…”

As we have heard today, there is bipartisan agreement that Department of Labor oversight of the Black Lung Disability Trust Fund has fallen short for decades during both Democrat and Republican administrations.

There is no doubt that the $600 bonus is retarding the recovery, even in those States that have reopened.

I mean, this is the two--the two points that I really want to drive home in this hearing. The first is that we didn't do enough to protect people in nursing homes who are disproportionately non-White.

I believe we can all work together with this Administration to support common sense, workable, and innovative approaches.