First let me thank our ranking member, Nita Lowey, for yielding, and also I want to thank her for her tremendous leadership on this committee. And also I want to thank Chairman Rogers. Both of these great individuals really have worked…

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…

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…

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…

As cochair of the Congressional Black Caucus' Taskforce on Poverty and the Economy and chair of the Democratic whip's Task Force on Poverty, Income Inequality, and Opportunity, I join my colleagues today in marking President Lyndon Baines…

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

Thank you so much for being here with us and for your leadership, Mr. Clyburn. Mr. Speaker, how much time do I have remaining? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman has 1 minute remaining.

How much time do we have remaining? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from California has 17 minutes remaining.

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 very much. Let me yield now to Congressman Pete DeFazio from Oregon, who has some stories he would like to tell about his constituents and what they are going through. Mr. DeFAZIO. I thank the gentlelady. Mr. Speaker, on the 50th…

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