I want to start on the topic of how we promote vaccine confidence and fight disinformation and misinformation that can lead to vaccine hesitancy.

AG Becerra is highly qualified. He has a valuable range of experience that will help him succeed in this job.

This is a historic nomination, because AG Becerra would be the first Latino HHS Secretary.

I ask unanimous consent that the following committee rules be printed in the Record. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: SENATE COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR, AND PENSIONS…

I send a question to the desk. The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from Washington, Senator Murray, has a question for the House managers. The clerk will read the question. The legislative clerk read as follows: At 6:01 p.m. eastern…

I know she will also bring a high level of energy and engagement to the role of Director that has been sorely missing.

I think she is an excellent choice for this role, and I was thrilled when then-President-elect Biden announced her as his nominee to lead the Office of Management and Budget.

I had many complaints about Russ Vought as Director of OMB; chief among them was the complete lack of engagement and leadership shown by him at OMB during the coronavirus pandemic.

the role of Federal funding to schools for COVID relief is to help support our schools in implementing public health protocols aligned with local public health guidance in order to safely reopen. The President has made clear that he would…

We need a Secretary of Labor we can trust to stand up for workers, not huge corporations, at this critical time.

I rise today to discuss the urgent challenge our Nation is facing and the urgent response that it requires. I am always willing to work across the aisle to look for common ground and commonsense solutions. I think my colleagues know this…

reserving the right to object. We are in the middle of a pandemic. Families are struggling, and we should be doing everything we can to make it easier for them to get the care they need from providers that they trust. The title X program…

I was deeply disappointed by the way the Trump administration failed to defend the right of all of our students to feel safe and to attend school without being discriminated against.

I agree with what Dr. Cardona and Senator Baldwin have said on the importance of ensuring the rights of every student, including transgender students, are protected.

We have to work together to hold all our schools, our school districts, and our institutions of higher education accountable for providing safe environments for all of our students.

However, under the previous administration, regulations were imposed that limit that eligibility and remove many veterans needing assistance from that caregivers program.

My bill, which is the Women Veterans and Families Health Care Services Act will permanently authorize fertility treatment and counseling for veterans and their spouses and provide adoption assistance.

I have learned in my time in the Senate that if you want to get something done across the aisle, you really need the following: You need someone on the other side who is just as committed to working together as you are, and that Member…

Justice Ginsburg was the first Supreme Court Justice I ever voted for and a North Star for me and so many others whose futures were irrefutably made possible in part by her life and her work. I pledged I would do everything in my power to…

I still have questions about the CDC director's communications around this.

I rise to speak about three critical matters impacting families in Washington State and across this country today. First of all, I would like to say that even though the wildfires in my State are being contained, thanks to the skilled work…

I ask unanimous consent to be allowed to finish my remarks. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Washington State Wildfires

it is disappointing that Republicans would object to a bill that simply provides much needed accountability and support for scientific decisionmaking. It is especially disappointing they would object to it during a pandemic and while…

we are in the middle of a pandemic. Two hundred thousand people have died, millions more have been infected, and this crisis is nowhere close to being over. But are Republicans are offering solutions? Not even close. We need to be…

reserving the right to object. The FDA approved mifepristone nearly 20 years ago, and leading medical organizations have made clear that restrictions on it like those that are in this bill are not based on evidence or patients' best…