I am proud to speak in support of this bill which passed out of our committee with overwhelming bipartisan support. This year's NDAA continues the committee's tradition of improving the lives of servicemembers and their families by…

To the members of the Rules Committee, I appreciate the hard work that you have put into getting this bill to the floor. I am only going to speak about one issue in this particular NDAA, something that I have been working on for 10 years…

I thank my dear friend, the chair of the Committee on Appropriations. Madam Speaker, I rise in support of my amendment to block funding the DeVos title IX rule. Just imagine: You have endured the horror of campus sexual assault, and now…

I thank my friend and colleague from California, the chair, for the opportunity to speak on behalf of this amendment. This would increase the funding for the San Francisco Bay restoration from $25 million to $30 million, a small sum in the…

I thank the chair of the Appropriations Committee whom I deeply adore. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of my amendment which highlights the Defense Department's abject failure to maintain its child development centers and its barracks and…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. My heart is racing right now, and I am trembling, in part because I am recalling what happened to me on January 6, when I was in that gallery and had to climb around the other side and then lie there on…

The history of whistleblowing dates back to the founding of this country. The Continental Congress was committed to making sure that whistleblowers would have a voice. Last year alone, $2.2 billion was saved by the taxpayers because of…

This bill is something I have been working on for 10 years and have introduced in every Congress since I came to Congress. It provides $25 million a year for 5 years. Over the last 200 years, 90 percent of the bay wetlands have…

For a quarter of a century, Chairwoman DeLauro has been trying to get this bill passed. She is sick and tired, I am sick and tired, and American women are sick and tired of being treated like second-class citizens. Imagine if the women…

I include in the Record a letter titled ``Support the Paycheck Fairness Act'' written by The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights. The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, April 14, 2021. Support the Paycheck…

This is a glorious day for women in America. With the passage of the ERA and the Violence Against Women Act, we are making great strides forward. This particular resolution does one thing. We want in the Constitution, plain and simple…

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding, my friend, my colleague, my co-chair of the Democratic Women's Caucus. I rise tonight in honor of Women's History Month and the heroic, trailblazing women of our military, who have risked their lives…