I support of full utilization of the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund.

We need to secure the border at the border, and that includes the drugs coming across.

We request that you include language authorizing full funding for the Delaware River Basin Commission.

Your testimony was very inspirational.

I was a very vocal opponent, joining with other members of our Pennsylvania delegation asking Sikorsky to reverse that decision.

We would all be well served if we improved our reentry services that would also benefit our national and our local economies.

I introduced the Clean Slate Act with my good friend and colleague Lisa Blunt Rochester.

What is it like for a refugee--70.

This is a complete contradiction of everything that the United States stands for. It ignores our place on the international stage as a beacon of hope.

Let me thank the chair for the leadership and for the importance of this committee.

It is incredible for me to see that the country has cut from the fiscal year 2016, the number of refugees that were admitted were 85,000 refugees in 2016. In 2020, we have only admitted 18,000, a 79-percent decrease and the lowest level in…

My story is not unique. We continue to be a Nation of immigrants. We continue to be the opportunity for those that are fleeing violence and persecution.

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees reported, at the end of 2018, there were 70.8 million displaced people worldwide.

I have the honor--very small honor of partnering with the late Elijah Cummings on, the PREP Act.

I have the real pleasure of, in a bipartisan way, with Guy Reschenthaler, Representative Reschenthaler, and others... introducing the Crisis Stabilization and Community Reentry Act.

cutting $6 billion to education at a time when we are not educating our kids adequately, it's shameful.

Criminal justice reform is something that's a passion of mine.

This is an important committee, as it has always been, one of the major opportunities for America to interact with the world.