But my question is why so flat? Why the budget flat? Why are we targeting and so hostile to those charter school programs?

this hearing, you know, for my residents is important, as we really do our due diligence to oversee--have oversight of what our policies are and what the impact is.

Do you agree that the 1619 Project is a curriculum taught in schools?

I just wanted to let you know we've all been so proud of you and know you've got your hands full.

I thank Ms. Slotkin for yielding and for organizing this Special Order in honor of our dear friend, Paul Mitchell. Mr. Speaker, I represent parts of Macomb and Oakland counties. And during my first term in Congress, Paul and I shared…

I am a mother. I was a daughter. I am a daughter. I have family.

Imagine just for a second the people who are living through it every day.

I thank my colleague, Congresswoman Slotkin, for organizing this tribute session to our friend and former colleague, Paul Mitchell. It is very symbolic of what it is like to be a member of the Michigan delegation. There are 14 of us--7…

I would like to remind my colleagues about the 35-day-long government shutdown from December 22, 2018, to January 25, 2019.

I am proud to join several of my colleagues tonight to recognize our former colleague, Mr. Paul Mitchell. Paul was recently diagnosed with cancer, and so many of us wanted to send our well-wishes that we decided the best way we could do it…

I thank Mr. Walberg for those kind words. Paul, I hope you know the strength that we are sending you, all of us on both sides of the aisle. We feel it, we have been talking about you and Sherry and the kids constantly. And we hope that…

I thank my colleague from the great State of Michigan, and I guess, I would thank Paul for all of the service he has given this body, has given our country, has given our State. The morning when I was supposed to first meet Paul, was the…

In honor of Mr. Mitchell, we will now start going Democrat-Republican, Democrat-Republican to demonstrate our bipartisanship. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Meijer).

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to section 3(s) of House Resolution 8, the yeas and nays are ordered. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 247, nays 178, not voting 5, as…

I thank the gentlewoman for doing this, and I am sorry to sort of jump people in line, but we are in a committee markup, so I have to get back. Mr. Speaker, I have to say that my friend, Paul Mitchell, grew up the eldest of seven kids…

we need to make sure that when we talk about building back better, CTE has to really--we really need to double down on what we're doing there.

I thank Mr. Phillips for his heartfelt words. In conclusion, Paul, as you can imagine, we, of course, had our schedule changed 12 different times today. There are many, many more of our colleagues who are submitting official notes for the…

I was proud to reintroduce the Plastic Waste Reduction and Recycling Research Act with my colleague from Ohio Congressman Anthony Gonzalez.