We really need to get at this question of board diversity to make our corporate America reflect our country.

Women make up 47 percent of the workforce in America, yet they hold only 21 percent of board seats at S&P 500 companies.

Clearly, something needs to change.

My bill would help investors accomplish this by requiring public companies to report the gender, racial, and ethnic composition of their boards in their annual proxy statements.

Mr. Chair, I thank Chairman Jose Serrano, the distinguished gentleman from the Bronx, for his tremendous leadership here in the Congress and in connection with this bill. There is a growing culture of corruption that is festering within…

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Congress has had to appropriate additional funding on numerous occasions to avoid shortfalls in territorial Medicaid programs.

American citizens are being treated as second-class citizens, and it is really unacceptable.

We are all American citizens. We are all equal, and we shouldn't forget that.

Nearly 2 years ago, Hurricane Maria made landfall in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, claiming nearly 3,000 American lives.

Increasing diversity on corporate boards is not just a social issue; studies show that it is very, very good for business.

U.S. territories are subject to inequitable Medicaid funding policies, and we can see that today.

It is extraordinary at this time that that is happening, and it is because of your leadership.

Congress has a duty to ensure that the healthcare needs of these Americans are fully met.

I want to thank you for your visionary work in making sure that in this Congress, we have a Diversity and Inclusion Subcommittee.

Worsening this crisis, my colleagues across the aisle have zeroed out funding for additional Border Patrol agents.

Unfortunately, our Majority had denied the House multiple opportunities to fund the needed supplemental humanitarian assistance.

There have been documented media reports that terrorist groups are calling on followers to blend in with migrants.