There isn't any more noble cause that we are engaged in than saving people's lives.

I wish we could apply the methodology that you have just outlined to other departments in taking a look at what might be suspicious claims, et cetera. Really just, bravo.

We need to take a very, very hard look at the investments that we have made and the benefits of those investments.

I am very much concerned, as I said, that we have some members of our House majority demanding massive funding cuts in the 2024 appropriations bills.

I would respectfully suggest that the recently enacted abortion bans in dozens of States will exacerbate these mental health issues.

I am concerned that rural communities will suffer the brunt of the impact if some of my Republican colleagues move forward with their plan to roll back spending to the 2022 level.

I am deeply concerned that I am over some of my House Republican colleagues' calls for massive spending cuts.

If nearly 75 percent of House Republicans had voted for Representative Massie's amendment to H.R. 5, if they succeed in their goal that authority of the Department of Education, Secretary of Education, operator, administrator, any office…

There are some in the Republican House majority that are demanding massive funding cuts in the fiscal year 2024 appropriations.

whole child approaches to education

We need to support reproductive healthcare, and family planning has become even more pronounced.

we need to respect the decisions that women make. We need to trust women.

I am proud that while I served as chair of the Labor-HHS Appropriations Subcommittee we responded quickly and forcefully to the COVID-19 pandemic.

There is no seat on this committee for Heritage.

Education, beyond all other devices of human origin, is a great equalizer.

I want to thank you, and we were very happy to make the increase in the museum services in the last budget.

Cuts to HHS, Health and Human Services, would result in fewer opioid use disorder and medication-assisted treatment programs that millions of people in rural areas depend on.

Understand and use your voices. Use every ounce of your being in your advocacy to thwart this disastrous effort.

Let us educate ourselves on what these cuts mean.

In the 2023 Government funding law led by this committee, we increased funding for the CDC by $760,000,000.

I am proud having served as chair of this committee, and I have served as ranking member in the past of this committee.

for-profit OPMs are the new predators in higher education.

Funding should be reduced by at least $20,300,000,000, including the elimination of the Center for Minority Health...

First of all, I would just say to my colleague this great interest in inflation and deficit only arises on sporadic occasions.

Cuts to the Department of Education would remove more than 100,000 teachers and service providers from classrooms serving low-income students and students with disabilities funded through Title I and IDEA grants.