There was a recent article that showed many of the workers of large employers who don't pay a livable wage are on SNAP benefits. These are people who are working, but because they are not being paid an adequate wage, they are eligible for…

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I include in the Record information from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities titled ``Trump Administration Floating Changes to Poverty Measure That Would Reduce or Eliminate…

I thank my colleague, the gentlewoman from the Virgin Islands (Ms. Plaskett) for yielding. This is a very serious and important issue that we are talking about tonight. I really want to provide the context to what got us to this point…

Let me be clear. Social Security is not an entitlement. It is a trust fund that people have paid into their entire working life.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for organizing today's hearing on the Department of the Interior and its policy priorities for Fiscal Year 2020.

Deferred maintenance backlogs for the National Park Service now exceed $250 million in Nevada, and more than $11 billion nationwide.

I hope we can work collaboratively to find solutions to these shortcomings, and that the DOI will make a promise to the American people that it will manage our lands according to the best interests of all Americans.

As park visitation increases in our state, the Administration has continued to propose full-time employee staff reductions.

Today's oversight hearing is of the utmost importance.

We will not allow those cuts to happen, not on our watch.

It is a false choice, in my opinion, to have a discussion about cutting benefits for current or future beneficiaries.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman, for giving us the opportunity to address this very critical issue which affects millions of seniors and retirees, and one that will affect all of us one day.

Social Security has and continues to be a safety net for families across southern Nevada and across the country.

I want to thank our primary witness this morning, Congressman Larson, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Social Security from the Ways and Means Committee.

The President's proposed budget would drastically cut programs that benefit America's oldest, including many vulnerable citizens.

When this first happened, though--I fly back and forth on Southwest every weekend--first thing I did was call to see if the flight I had scheduled was one of these that was in question.

if I am scared to fly on that, I don't want my family, my friends, my constituents, or my visitors to fly on that plane, too.

I thank Senator Cortez Masto for that great introduction. I am honored and humbled to address this distinguished body as the newest Senator from the great State of Nevada and to stand alongside an exceptional group of colleagues with a…