The biggest challenge is the limited availability of clinical training opportunities.

Senators should expect two rollcall votes at 4:30 p.m. today and three rollcall votes tomorrow.

I think being able to fund community-based clinic, primary care to expand our funding for primary care residencies, we would be very excited about that.

If people cannot access a primary care doctor, they may end up in an emergency room, which is the most expensive form of primary health care.

By 2025, the United States will have a shortage of up to 450,000 nurses.

I hope that we can do what the pundits tell us that we can't do, and that is actually deal with the issues facing the American people.

Support such as that displayed by Senator Collins and Sanders and others for a strategic health care faculty loan repayment programs is critical to ensuring the future of the health care workforce.

Despite spending almost twice as much per capita on health care as any other major country, we have massive shortages in health care providers.

Tuition for many healthcare professional programs is high and can be an impediment to many students.

We need approximately 100,000 more dentists across the United States.

if you are looking at a big debt that you need to pay off and there is a major hospital in Boston that will give you x additional salary, we need to at least--even if we don't even if we don't make up the entire amount, we need to offset…

The United States will face a shortage of up to 124,000 physicians by 2034, including 48,000 primary care physicians.

A shortage of health care personnel was a problem before the pandemic, and now it has gotten much worse.

I wish to commemorate the life of Robert ``Bobby'' Silverstein, a leader in the disability rights movement, who passed away on November 17, 2022. Bobby was a true public servant having worked in the Labor Department, the Health, Education…

the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions has adopted rules governing its procedures for the 118th Congress. Pursuant to rule XXVI, paragraph 2, of the Standing Rules of the Senate, I ask unanimous consent that a copy of the…

The idea that under Trump, as you recall, we gave a trillion dollars in tax breaks to the very rich and large corporations and now Republicans are coming back and saying, oh, guess what, we're really worried about the deficit, the national…

You know, it's look, you have a guy who is a pathological liar, but he happens to be the former President of the United States and he has a right to express his views.

I think once the American people understand what the Republican agenda is, I think they're going to retreat from that agenda.

You said today that President Biden is absolutely right to refuse to negotiate with Republicans over the debt ceiling.

Do you really want to cut Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid several years after Republicans gave huge tax breaks to the richest people and the largest corporations, and at a time when we have more income and wealth inequality than we…

None other than our old friend Donald Trump, who I disagree with, needless to say, on everything, Trump told the Republicans, hey, you're crazy. You can't cut Social Security and Medicare.

pursuant to section 904 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, I move to waive all applicable sections of that act and any other applicable budget points of order for purposes of the pending message, and I ask for the yeas and nays. But…

I rise in strong opposition to Senator Paul's amendment. This amendment would require 67 Senators to waive a budget point of order instead of 60. In other words, if this amendment were passed, a tiny minority of U.S. Senators could prevent…

as the other Senator from our small State of 630,000 people, I want to thank Senator Leahy on behalf of all Vermonters and people throughout this country for his 48 years of service here in the U.S. Senate. On a personal note, obviously…

I further ask that I be allowed to speak for up to 30 minutes, Senator Risch for up to 5 minutes, and Senator Menendez for up to 10 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.