We ought to change that to 18. We ought to have workplace retirement plans pick up 18, 19, and 20 year olds that are working.

We must expand Social Security, not cut Social Security as many of my colleagues in Congress would have us do.

workers are 15 times more likely to save for retirement if they do so via payroll deduction and 20 times more likely to save if access to a workplace retirement plan is automatic.

I would hope that we would agree that is simply unacceptable and that has got to change.

If corporations choose not to offer a retirement plan, they must give workers the option of contributing to a Federal pension plan.

Mr. President, I would like to take a few minutes to discuss a matter of enormous consequence that is not being adequately covered in the mainstream media nor here in the Senate, and that is, right now, today, in Gaza, we are witnessing…

Madam President, one of the worst humanitarian disasters in modern history is now unfolding before our eyes in Gaza today--right now. And we, as the government of the United States, are complicit. It has been 4 months since Hamas's…

One year of his entire pension would have paid for 1 year, and he died from lung cancer.

Would it have been consistent with Judge Merck's philosophy to take research funded by my father's tax dollars?

I have long said to the Chair that I am very concerned about PBMs because we might fight with you about whether you are researching enough or should your research be more than your stock buybacks.

Thank you for holding this important and timely hearing and offer our appreciation for lifting up the reality of high drug costs in the United States.

I have long said to the Chair that I am very concerned about PBMs because we might fight with you about whether you are researching enough or should your research be more than your stock buybacks.