Jahana Hayes

What happens to all of the students who are displaced by the closures of these centers?

We are closing the door to opportunity for future students.

Ensuring the solvency of the Highway Trust Fund is essential to the success of our transportation system.

The need for robust funding for our transportation systems and infrastructure is no more obvious than in Connecticut, and continued funding support for all forms of transportation, from road to rail to pedestrian, is a priority for my…

As Chair of the Natural Resources Committee, I can attest that the infrastructure needs on federal lands are significant, and I stand ready to assist in your efforts to craft a solution that will keep this country moving forward.

Is this the education I would want for my child? If I couldn't answer yes to that every single time, then I had to figure out something different to do.

Is this the education you would want for your child?

I remind everyone that we have a responsibility to educate 50 million plus students, not just one million.

Today, this Department of Education is openly hostile to civil rights enforcement and school integration.

I remember that while this painting depicts something that happened 60 years ago, it could truly talk about what we are going through today.

You have the authority to say that we cannot use Federal funds to arm teachers.

The Department's Office of the General Counsel has advised that the Secretary has discretion to interpret the broad language of the statute as to its permissiveness regarding the purchase of firearms and the training and use of firearms.

I have seen higher rates of discipline amongst students who identify as LGBTQ because the adults do not know how to respond.

When we are talking about gender identity as a choice and it is not innate and it can be changed at any time, we would never question someone's religious beliefs which is also a choice and not innate and can be changed at any time.

What are the long-term social and economic cost effects of ripping away this safety net for food security for young people aging out of the foster care system?

By ripping away a lifeline of an already vulnerable population, this Administration is making yet another unconscionable attack on young people and poor people.

Instead of punishing people for being poor or for being in foster care, we need to further invest in job training and education as a way out of poverty.

While this 3 month time limit for SNAP benefits for ABAWDs in theory should only impact adults who do not have children, in practice, it will inevitably and disproportionately impact children and young people.

I have seen that. Because, in my experience, these young people do cycle back into the system.

Hunger is merely a symptom of poverty.

This would translate to about 26,000 people in Connecticut automatically becoming vulnerable to losing the Federal help they need to simply put food on their tables.

We can do better. I know we can.

The proposed rule also circumvents the will of Congress by attempting to implement, through executive action, policy changes Congress rejected

We are deeply concerned that the proposed changes to further restrict ABAWD's ability to receive SNAP benefits would cause significant hardship to very low-income individuals

The loss of food assistance will likely create additional financial and emotional stress making it harder to achieve this goal.