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As I rise in support of the Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act, I pose the question: Where were you, Madam Speaker, at 2 a.m. last night when a gunman stormed into a FedEx facility in Indianapolis…
Did you know that over 40 percent of mothers are sole or primary breadwinners for their families? It has been over 50 years since the Equal Pay Act was signed into law, yet the problems that preceded that legislation remain today. So it is…
It is beyond me that in 2021 we are still having this debate on whether men and women are paid equally. And I just want to say to my colleague on the other side, being a Black woman in America, I can tell you I do not feel that she has had…
I think this committee should really look at the model that has become the point of the identification having a trained response.
I did an emergency task force on black youth suicide and mental health because we saw that there was an uptick in that community.
We have a crisis when it comes to the mental health workforce.
Women are not opting out of the workplace. They are being pushed out of the workplace.
We cannot build back better unless we build back with women.
We needed mental health trained professionals so that they could care for these children.
And I don't want to leave without talking about student debt. Black women carry the largest amount of student debt in America.
I do appreciate your having this hearing. I know this is something that has been important.
President Biden has stated that we have a gun violence epidemic in this country, and we must address it.
I really feel that the mental health survival of our country is based upon our leadership.
I believe this legislation is a meaningful first step toward promoting access to postsecondary education.
we have to build capacity for parents, communities, faith leaders, school personnel, workplaces, to have dialog about these experiences
I absolutely have seen the increase in mental health, you know, drug therapies, the increase in opiod abuse, especially during COVID-19.
As we move towards long-term economic recovery from COVID, we need to be bold and we need to go big