[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 143 (Wednesday, September 7, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Page S4470]
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                           RECOGNIZING STAFF

  Ms. WARREN. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent to enter into 
the Record the names of my staff who worked tirelessly to serve the 
constituents of Massachusetts and to pass the Inflation Reduction Act. 
Many of these staffers stayed up late into the night on Saturday, 
August 5, 2022, and into the next day on Sunday, August 6, 2022, in 
order to secure the passage of this transformative piece of 
legislation.
  As I told my team in the hours after the bill passed the Senate, we 
made history today. There are tremendous policy achievements in this 
legislation: a plan to cut carbon emissions by 40 percent over the next 
8 years, capped spending on prescription drugs for seniors and 
finally--finally--authorizing Medicare to negotiate some drug prices. 
For the first time in 30 years, we have raised corporate taxes for 
behemoth corporations. Policy is my love language, but that is because 
all this wonkiness is ultimately about people--little kids who have 
fewer asthma attacks and older people who don't have to choose between 
filling a prescription and having a meal and maybe a breakthrough that 
means both our democracy and our earth will survive. Making these kinds 
of changes is exactly why I am here.
  To all of you, I offer my deepest thanks. Without you, I couldn't 
fight the righteous fights. But with you, we have already made big, 
structural change--and I am convinced there is more to come.
  Caroline Ackerman, Branden Alberts, Stephanie Angel, Randy Beltre, 
Prerna Bhat, Alex Blenkinsopp, Meaghan Body, Jose Danilo Boquin Moran, 
Tess Byars, Matias Cano, Anthony Chen, Brian Cohen, Kunal Dixit, Jon 
Donenberg, Gabrielle Elul, Caroline Freedman, Bruno Freitas, Laura 
Gerrard, Chris Gongora, Daylan Gray, Allyson Huntoon, Maya Jenkins, 
Daniel Ki, Amielle Kutzen, Carys Lamberg, Catherine Laporte-Oshiro, 
Dana Larkin, Nikko Mendoza, Diana Nunez Calcano, Beth Pearson, Marielle 
Rabins, Ruby Robles, Anthony Ruano, Alex Sarabia, Benjamin Schiller, 
Nyanna Slaughter, Mandy Smithberger, Nikhil Srinivasan, Olivia 
Teixeira, Astou Thiane, Evan Turnage, Caleb White, Zena Wolf, and 
Jessica Wong.

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