We have a moral responsibility to ensure that the Federal Government does not forget the people it serves.
I continue to be incredibly frustrated at the injustice that we have incarcerated individuals being counted according to where they are bein...
We are the Oversight Committee, and our job is to conduct oversight, but it is not to intimidate Federal employees.
the importance of the Census Bureau's mission really cannot be overstated enough, but it is under threat
Every community deserves to be seen, heard, and invested in, and there should be no erasure.
the arguments that we are hearing here this morning that immigrants should not be counted is un-American.
Extremist conservatives are trying to weaken the Census.
There are trillions of dollars in Federal money that depends on the count of the Census.
Let us get back to a granular level where people actually understand what the Census is for.
I agree, it is onerous and it asks way too many questions, but, you know, we can work on that and make it better.
We cannot turn the Agency into a political game. Instead, we must ensure FEMA and its workers have the resources, respect, and public confid...
Now, my district, the Massachusetts 7th, relies heavily on FEMA in times of crisis.
Attempts by Republicans to question the integrity of FEMA workers is a direct attack on FEMA's mission.
Survivors, in my opinion, deserve not only to heal, but to thrive, and this law moves us closer to that.
When we focus on healing, that is right, we do have to also acknowledge the work of the healer, who is healing the healer?
Would it be better, would it be more efficient if we looked at a...broader disaster insurance program?
We seem to keep falling behind with these 1-year, I think it is called as-needed funding.
The non-partisan congressional Research Service also reports that floods are the most common and costliest natural disasters across the Unit...