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

the best thing you could do is remove the U.S. Department of Education from as many areas of controlling what goes on at the classroom level.

Our Task Force has about 60 members because they are hearing from their residents about PFAS contamination.

I ask unanimous consent that the Senate vote on the nomination without intervening action or debate and, if confirmed, the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table, all without intervening action or debate; that no…

It's very clear from your statements, your history that you have a passion for education, and I like that.

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

I would only take an issue with the notion that what is being requested is intended to be a reflection of what we can do.

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

Yet President Biden's budget calls for a 41 percent increase in funding, which is wonderful. However, the charter school program is flat.

The community has organized itself. There is an organization called Need Our Water. They deserve an awful lot of credit for bringing this subject to the attention of policymakers.

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

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…

the majority of my colleagues in Congress--and no offense to those that are doing well--the majority of them are millionaires.

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…

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

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).

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…

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