I thank Chairman Yarmuth for his leadership in putting forth this budget resolution. COVID continues to ravage our communities. Black and Brown people have been disproportionately impacted the hardest. Now that vaccines are being…

On January 6, Donald Trump incited his white nationalist supporters to initiate an attempted coup against the heart of our democracy, the United States Capitol. This heinous act of domestic terrorism demands that Congress act to remove…

First, let me thank Chairwoman Nita Lowey for once again doing such a phenomenal job. I am going to miss her tremendously. Let me just say how much I support this survival bill, which provides a few months of relief for those suffering…

I support this bill. Let's give this lifeline to people. Let's move forward and build on this downpayment.

Let me reemphasize what the gentlewoman just said. I was so proud to vote for the Heroes Act twice nearly 8 months ago. I think that we have to move forward and continue to negotiate, and, hopefully, we will get some votes on the other…

Black and Brown people are targeted more frequently than White Americans, despite equal rates of use. Additionally, prison sentences for Black and Brown people are more likely to be lengthier than White people. Black men receive sentences…

Thank you, Chairwoman DeLauro, for your statement and for reminding us that we have to address the health and economic impacts at the same time. One does not supersede the other. Thank you for helping us move our COVID Community Care Act…

Thank you very much, Chairwoman Chu, and thank you for being with us tonight, but also for your consistently sounding the alarm to all of us about the necessity for culturally and linguistically appropriate services, testing, contact…

I thank Congresswoman Alma Adams for that very clear statement and I thank her for outlining the interconnection and the intersection between systemic racism and the social determinants of healthcare and how they impact the underlying…

I thank Congresswoman Scanlon for joining us tonight with our Tri-Caucus and Congressional Black Caucus, because so many of the issues that you are talking about in your district as it relates to COVID and health disparities and the social…

I thank the gentlewoman from Texas for using this opportunity to deliver a very powerful public health message also. I also would just note a personal privilege. I was born and raised in El Paso, Texas, and my heart goes out to all of…

I thank Congresswoman Garcia very much for her input in helping to write the COVID Community Care Act. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Connecticut (Ms. DeLauro), my good friend, the chair of the Subcommittee on Labor, Health…