"I understand that mental health is really a serious issue in this country, and sometimes it is the hidden illness that we don't see so much of the time."
"These appropriation riders are essential to protect conscience."
"Funding restrictions are an important safeguard for taxpayers' conscience rights."
"So, but this program, 21st Century Learning Centers, is named after Nita Lowey, who was the chair of the Appropriations Subcommittee, who was very, very much committed to the afterschool program, as I..."
"Every dollar spent by the Government is a dollar that is taken from hard-working Americans."
"I urge you to increase funding for 21st Century Community Learning Centers by $750,000,000 in fiscal year 2024."
"I support programs that provide quality early education, access to quality healthcare, and programs to help people with disabilities live independent lives."
"We have had to learn many times without sufficient materials for the task at hand."
"A bipartisan majority of Members that has supported abortion funding restrictions for 46 years has understood that funding restrictions are critical to support for other social welfare appropriations."
"I, too, am saddened by the fact that museums are not eligible to apply for Community Project Funding because it is a real need."
"It is unconscionable that there are companies, there are employers in America who are employing 12- and 13-year-olds to do work that even is dangerous for an adult."