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Susan A. Davis is a former U.S. Representative for California's 53rd congressional district, serving from January 3, 2001, to January 3, 2021. A member of the Democratic Party, Davis focused on a range of issues during her tenure, including education, health care, and women's rights. She was known for her advocacy in promoting policies that support families and children, as well as her efforts to improve access to health care services.
A precocious 10-year-old named Stella reminded me yesterday that we teach our children in kindergarten that it doesn't matter who starts a problem, what counts is that we end it. She asked me how it is that once we become adults we somehow…
College students everywhere are enjoying the last days of vacation before heading back to school. But for thousands of people, this break was spent trying to figure out how to stay in the only home they have ever known. There have been…
I appreciate my counterpart on the Franking Commission, which many of you know is an equally divided commission that oversees the franking rules that Members have to follow for offering communications from our offices.
It has never been our intention to prevent Members from communicating about websites like healthcare.gov with their constituents.
I look forward to working with all of the Members of this Committee in a bipartisan way to ensure more transparency as we move into the future.
I hope this change today spurs interest in what I have been hoping to do, which is to review and update rules regarding Member communications.
In a year where we are dealing with healthcare, immigration, and, yes, taxes, I am very pleased by the volume of mail that I have gotten from my constituents on all of those issues. But I have to tell you the one issue that my constituents…
Are there students in our country who think college has become too affordable? parents who feel that saving for their children's education has become too easy? I know that my constituents would certainly answer with a resounding ``no.''…
I have received hundreds of letters from constituents who are deeply worried about the proposed tax plan. One San Diegan told me that, without the State and local tax deduction, his family of seven faces a loss of over $40,000 in…
The administration's budget request proposed to cut funding for the CyberCorps Scholarship for Service Program by a whopping 27 percent from its fiscal year 2017 levels.
We know that cybersecurity vulnerabilities extend to critical infrastructure and even our elections.
The fundamental building block of a strong and durable cyber infrastructure is highly-skilled cybersecurity workers.
Businesses must also take a critical look at their hiring practices and really look at their credentialing requirements to ensure that they are not over-specifying credentials that might create a barrier.
We must ensure that we are actively recruiting women, African-Americans, Hispanics, Native Americans into the field.
Government should be adequately investing in the educational and work force development infrastructure to grow the talent pool and raise awareness for cybersecurity careers.
Today, we are considering a National Defense Authorization Act measure that would transfer thousands of military weapons to a civilian nonprofit, the Civilian Marksmanship Program. These guns will then make their way into the public for…
Last week, the Trump administration rolled back contraceptive care for hundreds of thousands of women. They called it a victory for religious liberty. But let's be real. This is just one part of the White House's fight to strip women of…
Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 558. ____________________
The resilience of Nevadans, brave and caring, is in sharp contrast to the murdering of innocent victims we just witnessed. Our hearts go out to the families of the victims throughout our country who were only interested in a peaceful and…
I received a heartfelt letter from a constituent expressing her frustration with the dire crisis in Puerto Rico. She described the panic of not being able to reach her family on the island. She said: ``It is becoming an island of chaos and…
We need to ask you to say when we are asking too much with what you have and to be willing and able to say, 'We cannot do what you are asking us to do without putting the lives of men and women at risk.'
Do not worry that you are waking someone up. Do not worry that you have never seen this before and it is your second week on the job.
I wonder as well--we have been talking about whether or not the forward-deployed model is sustainable.
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