I think Cassidy said he wants to make sure it passes the Jimmy Kimmel test, which the House bill clearly didn't pass.

Senator Portman talked about this is the worst addiction crisis in the Nation's history.

I'm deeply concerned about efforts by this Administration, the budget we saw yesterday, to drastically reduce scientific funding...

I look forward to hearing the testimony of our witnesses, and I trust we'll have a constructive dialogue about the important role of the federal government in funding science.

Absolutely not. These would be foolhardy decisions that would jeopardize our economic competitiveness and our ability to develop important national security technologies and make vital medical and other scientific advancements.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, very much.

As we engage in the conversation on social capital, I believe it is important that we remember that racism in our society is still very real.

I cannot imagine, Senator, that a man of your intelligence and political acumen was unaware of the meaning and consequences of inviting Charles Murray.

Then there is the Trump administration and Republican efforts to slash funding for the Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of the Interior, and other Federal agencies that have a mission to keep our water and air clean and…

Just yesterday, President Trump issued an executive order instructing a review of national monument designations as an attack on the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument designations by Presidents Obama and Clinton…

Republicans are also attempting to roll back efforts to curb carbon pollution, exit the Paris Agreement, privatize public lands, and allow coal production and oil and gas drilling in national parks.