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If the District of Columbia wishes to become a state, I believe that we must pass a constitutional amendment.

Continuity will be critical as we work through the lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic and move into the next phase of our response and hopefully our recovery.

This stems directly from xenophobic Federal policies.

These individuals, whether they were born here or came to North Carolina as immigrants, are an essential part of the Research Triangle's workforce and community.

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, several of my constituents of Asian descent have reported racist incidents.

Simply put, we cannot continue to rob nearly half of our Nation's work force of the wages they deserve.

It really does mean a lot. I appreciate everyone who is on this call. You know I think it is absolutely imperative that we as Americans, that our employers and our government treat everyone with honor, dignity, and respect, treat them all…

Congress has a moral responsibility to pass the Paycheck Fairness Act and the PUMP for Nursing Mothers Act.

I strongly support all four bills under discussion today.

I believe that education and outreach is a significant way we can provide technical assistance and resources to our State and local partners to tackle this challenge.

The Federal Government can indeed learn from States, and that is what we plan to continue to do.

So many of our local communities are struggling in this area, because we have not invested in our water infrastructure in such a long time.

I think that it would be a travesty to take our foot off the gas right now.

I don't believe we can make these decisions sitting behind a desk. We need to get out and visit and see things firsthand.

I think that 20 percent of the world's surface freshwater resides there. We really need to protect the ecological integrity.

It is a top priority for this administration.

We want to use these resources to help assist States in the cleanup.

It was such a pervasive issue in terms of health and human impact, but the economic impact that was caused by the uncertainty in drinking water was tremendous in the State as well.