Our veterans, you and I both know, deserve the best health care we can offer, and it is our job to make sure that the VA and Oracle Cerner really get this right.

we are talking about competing against its government, not the Chinese people, or the millions of Chinese-Americans who help make our country great.

we owe it to our colleagues, and our communities, and most of all, our constituents, to put forward the shared priorities of this chamber in a slate of bipartisan spending bills.

Let us not parse words here. The PRC poses a serious and growing challenge, economically, and in terms of our national security.

when we talk about competing against China and countering Chinese influence, we are talking about competing against its government, not the Chinese people, or the millions of Chinese-Americans who help make our country great.

the Senate must have its voice heard in this process.

We have a responsibility here to work on a timely bipartisan way to pass these funding bills and make the investments that our Nation needs to avoid falling behind.

We cannot afford to let our efforts get sidetracked and our investments fall behind.

Because there is a 15 percent increase from the previous year, of young students who are homeless, and I am just really concerned about that learning loss.

The bottom line is, if we want our country to grow and thrive, like it has for past generations, we have to invest in the next generation.

If we want a strong workforce, we have to make sure everyone can pursue a high-quality education and career training opportunities.

Our most important military asset isn't our weapons or our equipment, it is the brave and talented women and men.

Our most important military asset isn't our weapons or our equipment, it is the brave and talented women and men.

We have a responsibility here to work on a timely bipartisan way to pass these funding bills and make the investments that our Nation needs to avoid falling behind.

Because there is a 15 percent increase from the previous year, of young students who are homeless, and I am just really concerned about that learning loss.

We cannot afford to let our efforts get sidetracked and our investments fall behind.

If we want a strong workforce, we have to make sure everyone can pursue a high-quality education and career training opportunities.

The bottom line is, if we want our country to grow and thrive, like it has for past generations, we have to invest in the next generation.

We have a responsibility here to work on a timely bipartisan way to pass these funding bills and make the investments that our Nation needs to avoid falling behind.

If we want our country to grow and thrive, like it has for past generations, we have to invest in the next generation.

Our most important military asset isn't our weapons or our equipment, it is the brave and talented women and men who are willing to put their lives on the line to keep our country safe.

Because there is a 15 percent increase from the previous year, of young students who are homeless, and I am just really concerned about that learning loss.

Our military needs the certainty of a regular and smooth appropriations process that they can depend on.

I appreciate that. And I want to ask you about homelessness.

Thanks to the American Rescue Plan and the earlier bipartisan COVID Relief Plans, we actually provided States and school districts significant funding to support students' academic and overall well-being.