Jackie Speier: “Academia does a pretty good job of recruiting a particular professor and typically the spouse is also highly educated…”

I'm more anxious, and I think for all Members, there is going to be more trepidation associated with them being out with their constituents.

I thank my constituents for the greatest opportunity of my life--to serve them. ____________________

I rise this afternoon to hold this Special Order on a very important issue. It is an issue about abortion access in the military. I thank my colleagues for joining me and elevating their voices on the experience of our troops who are…

I thank the gentlewoman for her powerful comments. On top of everything else, we passed one law which was the Hyde amendment, that said you can't use Federal funds for medical abortions, so Medicaid was not made available for that purpose…