Rosa DeLauro

The FAMILY Act, H.R. 947, also introduced by Representative DeLauro, and which I also cosponsor, addresses this problem.

The Healthy Family Act, H.R. 1516, introduced by Representative DeLauro, and which I am a cosponsor, establishes a worker's right to earn paid sick leave.

I think in so many respects we need to--let me just ask, I would very, very much like to get information back on what the consortium is doing so to get some idea of all the institutes which are currently working.

The potential is there is the--in terms of the research that you are looking to increase, is that an area that you are looking at?

It is the advantage of this wonderful committee that we have the opportunity to listen to people who are experts in the field and who are also experts in their own lives as to what this--what Down syndrome can mean in their lives.

We are blessed to be a part of this institution. And the strength of this institution is its potential.

Basic research benefits the common good. It creates knowledge, improves our understanding of biology, health, and medicine.

So we have your word that Federal contractors are not going to be able to discriminate based on the issues that are out there now.

Vouchers negatively impacted student achievement.

The budget proposes cuts that, if enacted, would impose real harm on our country's students.

Title I has been cut by $578 million.

Vouchers, in my view, will destabilize not only our schools, but our communities, and I will fight at every step against any attempt to take public money away from public schools.

You can't do more with less. You do less with less.

Education is the great equalizer in our country.

We need to focus our policies on strengthening public schools, reducing class sizes, supporting the teaching profession, providing more one-on-one attention, boosting student enrichment opportunities, supporting parental involvement, and…

I believe the proposals contained in President Trump's budget are alarming, and quite frankly, this puts us on a path towards the privatization of public education.

I would hope that we could have a discussion about what is now the bipartisan Accelerating Biomedical Research Act.

Please make your voices heard. There may be an attempt to cut that program by about 18 percent. That would be devastating.

Congressman Fleischmann and I, we are trying to figure out a strategy to bring forth something for a $250,000,000 grant program for computer science for all.

The importance of learning a skill and having a skill and vocational education in high school, regardless of what path you go into, is extremely important.

I am very, very excited about the opportunity to take this new effort based on research and data.

We need to be thinking about them.

We cannot turn our backs on them.

Congresswoman Roybal-Allard said, get a good-paying job and take care of your family.

For decades we have been telling people, 'Go to college, get a 4-year college degree, and you will succeed,' and that for decades has not worked.