I thank the distinguished gentleman from New York for his excellent leadership on this bill today on the floor. The distinguished gentlewoman from Colorado posed a question that I have been hearing my Republican colleagues utter over the…

Mr. President, the joint resolution we are considering tramples on the right of DC citizens to manage their own affairs, plain and simple. In fact, it is so intrusive, it provides a compelling argument for DC statehood. DC statehood is…

I just want to echo the very important point you just made. We have a sequence of trivial amendments that have been added by the majority, and they refuse to consider what I think is the central amendment that this legislation would need…

We know Administrator Power has made this a priority for USAID.

When the Congress passes a bill and appropriates money, it does, in fact, authorize that expenditure by the Federal Government.

I will yield 3 minutes to the chair--to the ranking member, if that is possible?

This is a wonderful, wonderful device to make sure that we include everybody in the opportunities that America and the world has to offer.

I never see anything that says where is the cut? Where is the end to the tax breaks for the richest one-tenth of 1 percent of the people in this Nation?

If you invest in your children, if you invest in people's health, mental health, and education status, that you will have lesser costs.

Almost every Member that we come in contact wants to do the right thing.

I must tell you, I think the numbers over the last 2 years are extremely impressive.

Right. And that would reduce the tightness of the labor market and reduce pressures on inflation, right?

We talked about Veterans Business Outreach Center, which is incredibly valuable in our state.

I am hopeful that we will be able to find that spot.

I won't work, and we will default. Other than that it is a spiffy idea.

the chief executive of our country responded in an irresponsible, reckless, and dismissive fashion in February and in March

It is not easy for a small business to be able to get through the bureaucracies of dealing with government agencies.

The pandemic was horrible, but it gave us an opportunity to reimagine, and this is one of those areas.