Judy Chu

I understand that through California, 3,527 SBA loan applications were received from those affected by separate fires in eight counties last year.

I would like to know how many have applied and how many of the applications have been processed and by what kind of timeline.

Wildfires have devastated California in recent years, but in particular, in 2017, nearly 1.2 million acres of land were burned and 10,800 structures and 46 people were killed.

While I did get a close-up view of how this law came to be, it was a very rushed and hasty process.

And that is a pretty penny there.

It created more loopholes, complexity, and increased compliance costs for small businesses in particular.

Last night I went to the congressional foster care dinner that Karen Bass is the head of and heard very wonderful testimony from foster care children or former foster care children, who said how much Family First would change their lives…

I was shocked when you said that less than 10 percent of your participants are on TANF.

I urge this subcommittee to include language in your appropriations bill to direct NSF to consider age distribution when awarding Discovery Research PreK 12 grants.

I think there is many sectors of the economy that could benefit from a much more balanced relationship with China than we have right now.

Thank you for considering my testimony in strong support of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

These inaccuracies make it hard and difficult for our government to administer important Federal safety net programs.

There is a lot of worry by immigrant stakeholders that adding this question will create a lot of fear.

Everyone should have equal access to recovery support services.

Quality, access, care, and choice are key parts of the existing NARR standards for recovery residences.

Thanks to her help, the support of Facing Addiction and the National Alliance of Recovery Residences, I stand before you today asking for bipartisan support of H.R. 4684 as a solution.

H.R. 4684 addresses the changes we need in order to ensure that recovery homes are doing what they are supposed to do, saving lives and not endangering Americans.

We must ensure that their safety net is strong, safe, and ready to catch them.

strong intellectual property protections are very, very important to me and really important to the United States.

One of the keys to ensuring our trade agreements is strong enforcement particularly of our labor obligations.

We need better oversight, because not only are these bad actors preying on vulnerable individuals who have just left treatment...

I truly appreciate the OIG's attention to this issue, as I have heard directly from constituents about the fraud and abuse that can occur in sober living facilities.

I believe that we should be opening our doors to alternative treatments like acupuncture.

That is why I introduced the bipartisan H.R. 4684, the Ensuring Access to Quality Sober Living Act...

I introduced H.R. 2839, the Acupuncture for Heroes and Seniors Act, which would ensure that qualified acupuncturist services are covered through Medicare.