We have really lifted over 3 million youngsters out of poverty.

We are quite focused on quality of life in this subcommittee, particularly for service members' families.

I want to specifically recognize our colleague Congresswoman Lois Frankel for her interest in this critical topic.

Little is more essential to supporting the needs of our seniors than ensuring that they don't go hungry.

It is appalling to think that in 2022, we have people in this country that are being taken advantage of.

So we have so many complex problems associated with the changing demographic. The sooner we deal with it and begin seriously thinking about this, the better.

We need to negotiate price. We need to establish some parameters around where we need to go and bring down the cost so that people can afford to survive.

Anyone in this country, in the United States of America, that goes to work any day, every day, should be paid for every single minute that they work.

This month and the hearing today should serve to recommit the committee to the health and prosperity of our seniors.

Thank you to Congresswoman Frankel for her initiation of this effort, but it has really been very, very powerful testimony.

My mom would say to me, 'Rosa, these are supposed to be the golden years, but they are the lead years.'

We also have to continue to support 35 percent of our workers that are tipped workers, and we have to make sure that our tipped workers as well aren't taken advantage of.

I think this is a very important issue for us to save money that we can then put into a lot of these other programs.

It is clear that the leaked Supreme Court decision that would overturn Roe will have an effect--negative, I believe--on maternal mortality.

Congress has a lot of work to do to address teacher shortages, and I intend to lead these efforts.

I came to Washington to work for God, FDR, and the millions of forgotten, plain, common working men.

I am proud that these values are already reflected in the funding that this committee makes to support our seniors.

As you know, far too many families in communities across the Nation face really very heartbreaking tragedies and a needless loss of life which is caused by this epidemic of gun violence, and the lack of gun safety and safeguards.

So I challenge the secretary on that, and also our colleague, David Cicilline.

We need to be investing in America, building this stuff in America, protecting our assets, our companies, our technology in America.

I have legislation--and legislation has passed in the Connecticut State legislature-- Ethan's Law, it is called Ethan's Law, it is supported by more than 200 of my House colleagues, and it is to set federal standards for safe gun storage.

Thank you very, very much, Mr. Chairman.

we increased the HSIs about 23 percent, and it was historic in terms of that.

These are the very students that our Federal programs are in place to support, and I think our country will be seeing the negative consequences from school closures for years and years to come.

It just shouldn't be. There should be parity in the kind of health opportunities that people should have.