I can't think of a better reason to be here than to talk about the important issues of our long-term care workforce.

There is no economic or security issue that can be resolved in Northeast Asia without the active participation and cooperation between Seoul and Tokyo.

They lack confidence that we will be the trusted and reliable security partner they have counted on us to be for decades.

This comprehensive bill will make our-- will make a generational investment in the workforce that will help us care for our loved ones who need support.

It is getting tougher for people to find and afford... It is getting hard for institutions to find and retain the quality workforce.

It is a treat to be able to come back to the Aging Committee.

This permanent increase in federal funding is critically needed to strengthen and sustain the direct care workforce.

The quality of workforce is just directly tied to our happiness, our health, and our kind of measurement of our success as a society.

I hear from health systems, independent providers, long-term care facilities... about the challenges recruiting, training, and retaining a high quality health care workforce.

The Biden-Harris administration's fiscal year 2025 request of $28.3 billion for USAID's fully and partially managed accounts would give us the resources to continue that leadership.

Bipartisan support for these efforts makes Americans safer and more prosperous and provides a critical foundation for American influence and leadership.

I have made clear to the administration that it needs to incorporate funds for Ukraine into the base budget accompanied by a comprehensive strategy.

I asked Secretary Austin yesterday at an Armed Services Committee hearing whether growing famine or medical catastrophe in Gaza would escalate violence in the region, and he said absolutely it would.

Under President Biden's leadership and in partnership with this committee, we are building on that remarkable legacy.

The Biden-Harris administration's fiscal year 2025 request of $28.3 billion for USAID's fully and partially managed accounts would give us the resources to continue that leadership.

Gazans are suffering under Hamas not--they are not all Hamas.

We need American leadership to advance models of development and governance that honor freedom, transparency, and dignity.

I do applaud President Biden in his conversations last week with Prime Minister Netanyahu subsequently.

The PRC's global lending spree has made it now, and this really bears repeating, the world's largest debt collector.

Putin's unjustified war continues to cause catastrophic loss of life and has undermined the security of Europe and the global economy.

Under President Biden's leadership and in partnership with this committee, we are building on that remarkable legacy.

I have made clear to the administration that it needs to incorporate funds for Ukraine into the base budget accompanied by a comprehensive strategy.

But this should not be a war against Gazans or Palestinians. It should be a war against Hamas.

I do applaud President Biden in his conversations last week with Prime Minister Netanyahu subsequently.

But this should not be a war against Gazans or Palestinians. It should be a war against Hamas.