We would be all in failure if we--if our children face a future pandemic and get hit with another long something--long virus in 2030 or something, and they don't know how to treat it.

We need a fundamental overhaul of our health care system with a Congress that is able to do it.

This will not only help you address the issue of long COVID. It will also help us solve the puzzle of ME/CFS and all other infection associated chronic conditions that have been ignored for decades and help us prepare for the next pandemic.

We must address the challenge of Long Covid.

With enough political will, we can fund a Long COVID moonshot that transforms clinical and community care for all of us.

The U.S. should consider the establishment within the National Institutes of Health of an Institute for Infection-Associated Chronic Illnesses.

This crisis is made even worse by the fact that long COVID patients often require multiple specialists to treat their complex symptoms.

You have an historic opportunity to act. The lives of millions of Americans now and in the future depend on this.

The reality is we are going to hear from our panelists for a moment, is that long COVID is a very serious illness that can have devastating consequences for those who contract it in America today.

The symptoms of long COVID are not minor inconveniences. They are debilitating conditions that affect the ability of people to work, to care for their families, and to live full lives.

Mr. President. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Kelly). Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second.

Mr. President, I reserve the balance of my time, and I would yield the floor to Senator Merkley. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Oregon.