Madam President, before I begin the bulk of my remarks, I want to take a moment to express my heartfelt condolences to the victims of the shooting on Saturday, in California, when a gunman opened fire in a synagogue during services after…

It is very troublesome to see a Justice Department against the law of the land...

With all due respect, the Equal Rights Amendment has absolutely nothing to do with abortion.

Women are long past due equal treatment under the law and we will not be satisfied until it is guaranteed in stone.

I come from public housing. My parents were poor, okay?

What I did hear is some say that we do have basically--they didn't use these words, but we have some who will con people; we have some who will just come and try to confuse people for their own benefit, for their own basis.

Thank you Madame Chairwoman Eshoo for holding today's important hearing on Medicare drug pricing.

We need to put more money into the Public Housing Capital Fund, the Section 8 program, and affordable housing programs.

the state of public housing in our nation is a direct result of the Federal disinvestment that has taken place in our nation for years.

My constituents are outraged that the 2003 Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act, which I voted against, contains the so-called 'non-interference clause.'

A growing share of the program's expenditures are going to prescription drugs.

I would like to thank Chairwoman Nydia Velazquez, Representative Alma Adams, and the remaining members of Congress for requesting that the Government Accountability Office look into SBA's entrepreneurship efforts with HBCUs.

Among her many accomplishments she is the lead sponsor of H.J. Res. 35, which proposes a new Equal Rights Amendment.

Not having an ERA has real consequences for real women.

Our rights cannot be subjected to the political whims of legislators, judges, or occupants of the White House.

We demand what is right--full equality now.

for the Republicans who are concerned about providing access to capital to low-income communities, they should advise the President not to zero-out the micro lending program that we have under SBA.

How will FEMA ensure the safety of Americans in not compromised as a result of this decrease in funding?