I have heard from people across Washington State about the need to respond to the opioid crisis and its tragic impact on so many families and communities. I have visited with people from communities in Seattle and Everett and Longview, and…

I hope the conversation doesn't stop there.

Transparency alone is absolutely not enough.

At every step, President Trump has moved healthcare in this country in the wrong direction.

I want to turn to another issue, and I ask unanimous consent that my remarks appear in the Record before the vote took place. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from South Dakota…

Your work shows exactly why transparency is such an important tool for patients, for providers, and governments who are looking to lower healthcare costs and increase value and efficiency and quality.

as ranking member on the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies, I would like to recognize a public servant deeply committed to protecting and improving the health of the…

I come to the floor today to join the vice chairman of the Appropriations Committee, who will be joining me shortly, in urging our colleagues to avoid a completely unnecessary crisis and work together with us to get out our spending bills…

A lot of workers in my home state are at risk.

The damage done by the President's ill-conceived ideas could go much further than just the auto industry.

President Trump's escalating trade war is already hurting a lot of workers in our country.

President Trump has taken a reckless and haphazard approach to trade policy.

They have estimated their losses are already in the tens of millions of dollars for this year alone due to retaliatory tariffs.

They are already feeling the pain of Trump's reckless trade policies.

as ranking member on the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions and along with my colleague, Senator Alexander, the chairman, I would like to recognize a public servant deeply committed to protecting the health of the…

although President Trump has spent the majority of his Presidency undermining workers and their economic security, today President Trump is taking a small step in the right direction by signing the Strengthening Career and Technical…

in February, the HELP Committee passed a bill to reauthorize the animal drug and animal generic drug user fee programs at FDA. That bill was the result of months of bipartisan work. During markup, we worked together to put aside…

I hope that we can also work--make sure that we do not impose new paperwork burdens for our patients.

concerned that substantially expanding access to short-term, limited-duration insurance will negatively impact conditions in the individual health insurance market, exacerbating problems with access to affordable, comprehensive coverage.

One of the problems with the Trump administration's sabotage of our healthcare system is the paperwork burden it will impose on patients and families.

I am really concerned if we expand the use of skimpy junk insurance plans, hospitals and clinics are going to have to do more work to collect bills.

But I want to thank all of our witnesses for being here today and for your insightfulness.

I come to the floor today with my colleagues in defense of the millions of Federal workers around the country who have been targeted by President Trump and his administration, including tens of thousands of workers in my home State of…

reserving the right to object to the Senator's request, families should have access to simple, straightforward information so they can make the food choices that are right for them. I was very glad to see that after 7 years of delays and…

I want to start today by sharing a story that is very personal to me and that has informed my work and my values ever since it happened. When I was in college, a friend of mine--we were close and lived together in the dorm--went out on a…