I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to legislative session for a period of morning business, with Senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The…

I really want to commend the administration for placing a really high priority on projects that reduce our carbon footprint.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. Welcome, Secretary Buttigieg; great to see you again, and thanks for joining us.

I am a huge believer in public transit. I actually ride the ferries a lot back in my home state of Washington.

It is unacceptable for women in crashes to face a greater risk of injury or fatality than men.

Which is why I want to cap insulin costs at $35 a month.

We have to make sure the approval process works for families, not just pharmaceutical companies' bottom lines.

We need to learn from these challenges, something Senator Burr and I have already started to work on in our Prevent Pandemics Act.

It should also be unthinkable that we would let this moment slip by without looking carefully at what is and is not working at FDA.

I am going to keep pressing for answers from FDA leadership on how they will end the pattern of delay and dysfunction here.

I am here to voice my very strong, enthusiastic support for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's nomination and to urge all of our colleagues in joining me to vote to confirm her. Judge Jackson is one of the most exceptional Supreme Court…

It is no small task ensuring the safety of nearly 80 percent of our Nation's food supply.

Congress has regularly reauthorized the user fee programs in a bipartisan way.

Every day, families in Washington State and across the country count on the Food and Drug Administration to keep them safe more times than they even realize.

As we have seen throughout this pandemic, this work is incredibly important.

right now, we are in the midst of a strong economic recovery and record job growth. But despite the progress we have made, the fact remains that during this pandemic, corporations and rich CEOs made huge profits, while workers still…

I met with restaurant owners from all over my State last month--from Seattle to Yakima, to Spokane--and we talked about the American Rescue Plan and how important that was and how that bill made recovery possible for so many restaurants in…

I am extremely disappointed again this budget would roll back the really important progress we have made to advance cleanup at Hanford.

I want to make clear how important I believe it is for Congress to prioritize making those types of investments and to also start working on completing the fiscal year 2023 bills right away.

I appreciate that and totally agree, and I think that proposal is absolutely critical to helping people get back into the economy, working again, and raising the economy for everyone.

We are continuing to push VA to improve the user experience for veterans while receiving care and accessing their benefits.

I know we are capable of tackling some really big challenges as a committee and that that includes making sure that our veterans that are harmed by toxic exposures in their service for our country get the care they deserve.

In Senator Murray's Women's Retirement Protection Act, the legislation would enhance upon the SECURE Act provisions to provide access to an even greater number of part time workers.

We need to make sure that women veterans' needs are the focus as we move forward on this.

I do not know anybody that wants this program to work like this.