I rise today to talk about a tragedy that happened in Richmond a couple of days ago at the Altria center, in the heart of our city, when gun violence erupted right at the end of the graduation ceremony for the 2023 graduating class of…

I have seven requests for committees to meet during today's session of the Senate. They have the approval of the Majority and Minority Leaders. Pursuant to rule XXVI, paragraph 5(a), of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the following…

Things get worse when young people don't engage. Things get better when young people do engage.

Young people feeling depressed about the future of the world, feeling hopeless has many causes, but to some degree you probably feel that way because you think adults have let you down.

I just hope that we can really, really whittle that down.

The number one issue that they bring up these days is immigration reform.

There's no one thing that's going to fix these labor challenges. You know, America's birth rate is not going to dramatically change.

young people have the power to change the reality if you link arms and band together

I remain concerned that here we are, nearly 2 years later and these critical partners... have yet to be reimbursed.

If we just enforce, like using E-Verify, or things like that, without doing significant revisions to work visas in the H2A program, we could have a significant negative impact on agriculture.

Young people feeling depressed about the future of the world, feeling hopeless has many causes, but to some degree you probably feel that way because you think adults have let you down.

Well it's my hope that we as a Congress will listen to our employers, who are all telling us they're having a hard time hiring, and we'll find a way to do some things in immigration reform, particularly focused on work visas, work related…

We need to make sure we're providing jobs for the people in our communities.

We need to make sure we're providing jobs for the people in our communities.

everything in Hawaii is political except politics, which is personal, and this is a real opportunity for us to build those person-to-person ties.

I just hope that we can really, really whittle that down.

If we just enforce, like using E-Verify, or things like that, without doing significant revisions to work visas in the H2A program, we could have a significant negative impact on agriculture.

Things get worse when young people don't engage. Things get better when young people do engage.

Well it's my hope that we as a Congress will listen to our employers, who are all telling us they're having a hard time hiring, and we'll find a way to do some things in immigration reform, particularly focused on work visas, work related…

Ag and Forestry is the number one industry segment in Virginia.

everything in Hawaii is political except politics, which is personal, and this is a real opportunity for us to build those person-to-person ties.

There's no one thing that's going to fix these labor challenges. You know, America's birth rate is not going to dramatically change.

Ag and Forestry is the number one industry segment in Virginia.

Here is what I would like to do. I am over my time, but I think what I will do is, I will do a QFR and I will list each of the six recommendations that were deemed open by the OIG in December 2021, and I will ask what is the progress on…

I remain concerned that here we are, nearly 2 years later and these critical partners... have yet to be reimbursed.