Tammy Baldwin

I was proud to author the Next Generation Researchers Act with my colleague, Senator Collins, to improve opportunities for new and early-stage researchers.

I was pleased to see the budget proposes a $76 million increase for the Office of Research on Women's Health.

It's been more than 3 years since Congress appropriated $1.2 billion for Long COVID research.

Our ability to do that depends upon agreeing to adequate top line discretionary funding levels.

We should do better.

Because of House Republicans insistence on cutting funding for domestic programs, last year's Labor HHS allocation was more than $2 billion less than in fiscal year 2023.

I understand what an important role biomedical research plays in treating and curing disease, bolstering our economic growth, and ensuring America is a global leader in innovation.

For far too long, many Americans were denied health coverage for life-saving mental health services.

While we appreciate this important work to level the global playing field and discourage companies from moving jobs out of the United States in the first place, we also recognize the critical needs of these workers who are faced with…

Unfortunately, as in the case with CNH, not every company complies with WARN, and Department of Labor's authority to enforce the law needs to be strengthened.

We must do all that we can to protect, retain, and strengthen the nursing workforce.

Moving production to Mexico would not only be a slap in the face to the workers who have given so much.

I have been proud to lead the effort to reauthorize the National Apprenticeship Act with my colleague, Senator Lisa Murkowski.

Supporting the Federal Registered Apprenticeship Program will help Wisconsin and other States continue to strengthen and grow their apprenticeship programs.

We still have more work to do to give Americans the economic security that they need and deserve.

We need to do better.

When a small minority is able to derail the appropriations process, like House Republicans did last year, repeatedly threatening government shutdowns, it hurts our constituents, our communities intended to be served by our Federal programs.

I think this budget is a good first step.

I'm looking forward to working in a bipartisan manner again this year with Senator Capito to develop a Labor HHS bill that can pass the Senate, pass the House, and be signed into law by the President.

While we are still working on FAFSA, this cycle, we know that next year is right around the corner, and students cannot bear another year of delays.

But a concern that I have is the return to a single investigator model under your new Title IX regulations...

I just cannot believe the rise of anti-semitism on our college campuses.

To help eliminate all forms of discrimination we have to put our money where our mouth is.

Every student from early childhood education to our college campuses deserves a safe place to learn, free from hate, bullying, or discrimination.

We cannot play politics with our children's future. We need to do better.