Donna Shalala

WRDA legislation has remained indispensable in efforts to protect, maintain, and strengthen my district's tourism and trade economies.

This amendment is simply about helping American children, and I urge my colleagues to support it. Madam Chair, I yield to the gentlewoman from New York (Mrs. Lowey), the chair of Committee on Appropriations.

I have an amendment at the desk. The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 3, line 25, after the dollar amount, insert ``(increased by $1,000,000)''. The CHAIR. Pursuant to House…

This is National Gun Violence Survivors Week, and I rise to recognize the victims and survivors of domestic violence across the United States who have felt the effects of our weak gun laws. Just last week in my community in Miami, a man…

we spent decades filling in the gaps. And, in fact, the military taught us something very important, and that is they didn't fill in the gaps. They fundamentally rethought their child care system.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: In title IX, add at the end the following: SEC. 904. GAO STUDY ON THE EFFECTS OF CREDIT SCORES IMPACTED BY…

Today, on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, we mark the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau. We remember the 6 million Jews, as well as millions of other minority populations, who were systematically murdered by…

Those of us that joined it, we have a simple goal, save Black women's lives and tackle racial disparities in health care.

If we are going to write a comprehensive bill here, it is really going to be a bill that fills the gaps while we are waiting for universal seamless health coverage that would make a difference for all Americans.

Ensuring women have access to comprehensive and affordable care during and after pregnancy is absolutely critical.

The 2016 borrower defense rule created a process for student loan borrowers to demonstrate that their loans did not need to be repaid due to their school's misleading, fraudulent, or otherwise illegal conduct. Many of those that closed…

Today millions of Americans are working to pay off their student debt. This is already an enormous burden for those who have graduated from reputable schools, but it is nearly impossible for those who attend schools that failed to live up…

I come to impeachment with deep sadness. The facts of this case are painful and indisputable. We know that the President illegally held up congressionally appropriated aid to Ukraine. We know that he conditioned the release of this aid on…

Okay. So let me repeat. It was part of the official policy of the United States and the rest of the world to fight corruption in Ukraine, correct?

I thank the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Diaz-Balart), my colleague for representing Florida in the negotiations so well. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from New Hampshire (Mr. Pappas).

I thank the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Burgess). Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Lofgren), the distinguished chair of the Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.

On Monday, the Rules Committee met and reported a rule, House Resolution 758, providing for the consideration of H.R. 3, the Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act; H.R. 5038, the Farm Workforce Modernization Act; and the conference…

For the purpose of debate only, I yield the customary 30 minutes to the gentleman from Texas, pending which I yield myself such time as I may consume. During consideration of this resolution, all time yielded is for the purpose of debate…

By direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 758 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 758 Resolved, That at any time after adoption of this resolution the Speaker…

We must be vigilant about combating human trafficking every day.

Human trafficking is no doubt a public health and mental health threat to our children and our youth.

If you are being illegally trafficked, you know, sex trafficked or you are being exploited for labor and you are an undocumented immigrant, I mean, you don't come forward because you will be revictimized again, you know.

If you are not looking for human trafficking, you are not going to see human trafficking.

We need to change our system's approach to this. Otherwise, it is going to continue to happen, because victims don't want to be revictimized.

Our experience in Miami is that over 34 percent of these cases... involves victims under the age of 18.