When we invest in workers, in keeping them safe, strengthening their rights, providing pathways for their development, ensuring their financial security, and more, we are investing in a stronger economy and a country for everyone.

Under the previous administration, OSHA didn't do more than issue non-binding guidance on how employers could protect workers from COVID-19.

This budget is a message to workers across the country; President Biden is fighting for you.

Can you commit to reviewing the system and giving this Committee the results of that?

I have heard, like you just talked about, a number of serious patient safety issues that could put our veterans at risk.

It is clear more needs to be done to ensure workers received the wages that they actually earn.

I look forward to continuing to work together with you to fight for workers, and build a stronger, fair economy for everyone.

I have 8 requests for committees to meet during today's session of the Senate. They have the approval of the Majority and Minority leaders. Pursuant to rule XXVI, paragraph 5(a), of the Standing Rules of the Senate, the following…

I ask for the vote that is scheduled at 2:30 to begin. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered. The question is, will the Senate advise and consent to the Su nomination?

today's workers are really struggling through one of the most unequal economic crises in modern American history. With millions out of a job and millions more struggling to get by, it is clear that workers need a Deputy Secretary of Labor…

reserving the right to object, right now, experts at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are continuing to update their mask requirements based on the latest developments, including requirements related to travel. They need us…

The Department of the Navy has been pursuing a number of actions that are--I am concerned are very harmful to workers in my home State of Washington.

I was really pleased to see this year's request, which is a rejection of some of the dangerous cuts that were proposed in the last administration.

PILT funding has long been an issue here, and I want to be clear, it cannot be eliminated or cut back in any way.

The Federal Government has both a legal and a moral obligation to clean up the Hanford Site.

I remain concerned about the long-term projections for this site.

I really encourage you to continue your focus for this on the Department.

Ranking Member Burr and I will each have an opening statement and then we will introduce today's witnesses.

Today, we are holding a hearing on supporting the needs of students in higher education during COVID-19 and safely returning to campus.

I am not satisfied that there has been meaningful progress in ending sexual assault and sexual harassment in our services.

I encourage this Committee, the Committee of jurisdiction, to do all it can in this very Congress to double the Pell Grant.

Doubling the maximum Pell Grant, and restoring the purchasing power of the program, allows for our students who need the most help to have it at their disposal.

The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee will please come to order.

Whether it is the budget put forward by President Biden for Fiscal Year (FY) 2022, the Jobs and Infrastructure plan, or the American Families plan, HBCUs are prominently supported.

I am working to reverse the Trump administration's harmful Title IX rule, which made it so much harder for a student to report an incident of sexual assault or harassment.