Investing in national security, even in the instruments of war, is fundamental to ensuring lasting peace.

As a Nation, we will always be indebted to our women and men in uniform and to the families and communities who support them.

Madam Secretary, we can't reach a carbon neutral goal by 2050 with only our technologies of today.

How we move forward with our energy initiatives will impact future generations, and it is our responsibility to take care of this planet that we call home.

So it is about investing, discovering the technologies of tomorrow, and accelerating that transition to a clean energy future.

The threat that is global climate change impacts every aspect of life as we know it.

What can we do to alleviate some of that backlog?

Mr. Secretary, it is time to be ambitious. We need a budget and a role for Government that invests to give us a better future.

I have long dedicated myself to fighting for workers' rights and workplace safety laws so that every American can achieve the American Dream.

We stand by the decision to move in the direction that we did.

the essential nature of community colleges and the further investment that we need to make because of the direction that our country is going in at the moment.

I am encouraged by your commitment to return this program to its human services mission of protecting vulnerable children.

Thank you for the sacrifices you have made to help students of all ages, races, sexes, and backgrounds to reach for the American Dream.

The Hyde Amendment is a discriminatory policy, denies low-income women access to abortion, and that particularly hits low-income women of color.

The Trump administration tried to turn HHS into an immigration enforcement agency. They separated children from their families. We need to do better.

Our public health infrastructure utterly collapsed under the weight of this pandemic, and while this budget addresses some of the failures that occurred in this system, there is still more work to be done.

I am grateful that President Biden took decisive action to respond to the economic crisis by proposing the American Rescue Plan.

Representative DeLauro has been a longtime champion for Gateway.

It is time to meet the moment. It is time to do whatever it is that we can not only to put our country back on track, but also to build the infrastructure for the future.

It is unacceptable that schools and school systems that predominantly serve students of color are often considerably more underfunded than schools that serve White populations.

I think that when we look to make sure that we are holding up and protecting and ensuring opportunities from training to working happens for those who have been most underrepresented in the workforce.

It is unconscionable that we still have teachers forced to take money out of their own pockets to buy paper, pencil, even food for their students.

Now is the time to empower all women to be able to make deeply personal life decisions without politicians inserting themselves into the doctor's office.

I am the sponsor of the CROWN Act, which makes it illegal to discriminate against someone because of the way they wear their hair.

I am also very concerned about reentry programs, second-chance programs, youth programs.