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This lack of protection and accountability is especially concerning.

It is critical that we pass legislation to establish protections.

HBCUs matter and every HBCU student matters.

I am grateful for your leadership and, particularly, your support of my legislation, the IGNITE HBCU Excellence Act.

Mr. Young, the FBI has labeled activists like me in the movement to save Black lives 'Black identity extremists,' and use this classification to surveil and imprison Black protesters.

We know that our campus infrastructure is not where it needs to be

I urge my colleagues to consider the long-lasting implications of providing carceral solutions to social problems, particularly in relation to the health and safety of Black students.

We invest in education of our young people and our future leaders because HBCUs, as has been said, produce top-notch talent and future leaders.

Terrorism and racism have no place on college campuses or anywhere else.

The eyes and the ears of the U.S. Congress are squarely focused on what is happening to our HBCUs.

I also want to recognize Congressman Jamie Raskin for his leadership on these issues.

I appreciate that all three of these agencies are participating in today's hearing.

While segregation has ended, structural racism still exists in society today. That is why HBCUs still matter.

It is interesting how we end up prioritizing things here in Congress.

I think the Nation needs for those persons' identities to be disclosed.

Proposals for a Water Resources Development Act of 2022: Members' Day Hearing

We're all part of the same thing called NATO, and under that agreement, when one of NATO's member's geography is challenged, the rest respond.

Democracy does not come without a cost. It has to be protected.