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If the resources aren't there early and often, you don't have the resources.

I want to stress that each dollar invested in the NIH is, in my view, a down payment on our future.

I fear this work may be short-changed by the hyperfocus on the new ARPA-H.

I certainly pledge to work with my friends across the aisle to rebuild a bipartisan coalition of support for basic science and research.

I fear that the mistrust in our Government public health system has eroded to a dangerous level.

I strongly believe that ARPA-H would be more successful in its unique mission if it were established as an independent agency within Health and Human Services.

If we want to raise people out of poverty, if we want to ensure that Americans have the opportunity to enter the middle class, and if we believe that workers deserve a decent wage for an honest day's work, then we must enact a meaningful…

Raising the Federal minimum wage is an issue of great importance to me and many of the Members of this Subcommittee.

Therefore, it certainly looks like it is cheaper to willingly violate the F-L-S-A than it is to pay employees what they are entitled to receive.

Ultimately, wage theft prevents workers from taking meaningful steps to enter the middle class.

This is a multi-billion-dollar problem. Each year, dishonest employers steal at least $15 billion from workers' paychecks in minimum wage violations alone.

Too often, dishonest employers cheat their employees out of the wages that they are legally entitled to receive.

Therefore, I'm committed to working with my colleagues to pass the Wage Theft Prevention and Wage Recovery Act of 2022 to ensure workers receive the wages that they earn.

Ms. Kotagal's refusal to continue these common-sense measures speaks volumes of her lack of commitment to due process and transparency.

I am concerned Ms. Kotagal lacks impartiality to interpret the law.

I oppose Ms. Kotagal's nomination and urge my colleagues to do the same.

The EEOC must be accountable and responsive to the public.

Let's just keep fighting, let's keep pushing, and let's keep representing the people that elect us every 2 years.