Barbara Lee

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 112, line 8, after the dollar amount, insert ``(increased by $10,000,000)''. Page 114, line 7, after the dollar amount…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: On page 22, line 13, after the dollar amount, insert: ``(reduced by $2,500,000)''. On page 34, line 8, after the dollar…

Let me conclude by saying that the girls should be able to pursue their education and live free from the threats of slavery, kidnapping, and violence. This resolution, in no uncertain terms, says enough is enough. So thank you…

We are 13 years into this war without end. So, Mr. Speaker, I authored H.R. 4608. I had an amendment to come here on this bill that would really get us back to the drawing board so that we could have this full debate to determine whether…

I want to reemphasize this very recent statistic on this 60th anniversary. Despite making up only 18 percent of enrollees, African American students represented 42 percent of preschool students who are suspended. These are 4- and…

I thank the ranking member. As I was saying, we must attack poverty, not the poor, as evidenced through the draconian cuts to the safety net in the Ryan budget. Gutting SNAP is not a path out of poverty. The American people deserve a…

I just want to conclude by saying that we simply can't continue to write a blank check for spending on war if we are really going to have any chance of getting our fiscal house in order. We can't do this to America's struggling families…

I just want to conclude by saying we need a budget, and all three of the budgets that I just mentioned put Americans back to work. They invest in our future, they protect the safety net, and they work to reignite the American Dream for…

Yes, I said a pathway. And thank you, Mr. Van Hollen, because we have looked at this budget and looked at how it will create more poverty. So it is a pathway into poverty. Budgets are moral documents. They reflect our values. So the…

Let me just close by saying I really hope, though, that we don't settle in accepting this new norm, quite frankly, that this spending bill sets because it is really far too low for too many people to really achieve the American Dream. But…

Let me yield now to the gentlelady from Texas, Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee.

Thank you for that very powerful statement, Congresswoman Kaptur. I yield now to our assistant leader, my good friend Congressman Clyburn from the great State of South Carolina, who constantly and consistently talks about prioritizing and…

Thank you for that very powerful statement and for sharing those stories. All of us have stories very similar, but thank you for your constituents' testimonies. I yield to Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur from Ohio. I am privileged to serve with…

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. We have many Members who still would like to speak, which really let's us know the importance of this issue. I yield to Congresswoman Grace Meng from New York, a freshman from New York who has hit the ground…

Thank you very much. Let me now yield to the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Kildee), my good friend who constantly throughout his life has been waging this war on poverty. Thank you for being with us. {time} 1700

I thank you so much for not only talking the talk, but walking the walk each and every day. I yield now to the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Delaney) and thank you so much for your tremendous leadership.

Thank you very much. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlelady from Illinois (Ms. Duckworth), who will speak on behalf of not only her constituents but the entire country. She has come to Congress, hit the ground running, and continues to…

Thank you very much for your leadership and for being here with us tonight, Congresswoman Davis. I would now like to yield to the gentleman from New York (Mr. Rangel), someone who has been a fighter and a warrior for many, many years and…

Thank you. Let me now yield to the gentlelady from California, Congresswoman Susan Davis, whom I served with in the California Legislature, who continues to remind us that middle-income individuals are worried at this point now of falling…

Thank you very much for that very powerful message, Mr. Hoyer. Let me now yield to Representative Danny Davis from Illinois who continues to remind us of the formerly incarcerated individuals who have families and children living below the…

I thank the gentleman from North Carolina. Now I would like to yield to the Democratic whip, Steny Hoyer, whose Democratic Whip's Task Force on Poverty, Income Inequality, and Opportunity I am honored and proud to chair. I thank him very…

In addition to saluting and congratulating our colleague and friend, Congressman Mel Watt, I want to rise and salute our friend Nikki Mayes tonight. Nikki, I just have to say to you first of all, I was a staffer for Ron Dellums when I…

Thank you. I want to thank Chairman Royce's and Ranking Member Engel's staffs. I want to especially thank my staff, Pablo and Jirair, and all of our staffs here for their very diligent and steadfast work. This has taken us probably about 4…

Thank you very much. I want to thank Ambassador Goosby for his tremendous leadership, who actually lives in my congressional district in northern California, and also Dr. Mark Dybul, who now leads the Global Fund, and so many more. PEPFAR…

Without SNAP, millions of families would fall into poverty while millions more Americans would suffer extreme hunger and our economy would create even fewer jobs. Let me remind you that millions of people on food stamps are working. Their…