Donna Shalala

This must change. I am hopeful that this committee will consider in the coming months legislation to ensure a right to remain in your community.

This crucial landmark civil rights legislation prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities in all areas of public life.

The moral test of government is how that government treats those in the dawn of life, the children.

We must do better.

Woman, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Chairwoman, the Department of Defense Tuition Assistance program provides financial assistance to servicemembers for voluntary off-duty education programs in support of professional…

Woman, I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of subtitle F of title V, add the following new section: SEC. 5__. REVIEW OF INSTITUTIONS…

The DOD has already taken steps before to ensure Tuition Assistance funds are being spent properly when those institutions have been identified. My amendment allows the Secretary to broadly apply much-needed oversight to a sector that…

But federalism also allows us as Members of Congress to identify when there is a national interest in minimum standards and human rights, for example, in civil rights.

federalism also allows us as Members of Congress to identify when there is a national interest in minimum standards and human rights.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 77, line 17, after the dollar amount, insert ``(increased by $10,000,000)''. The Acting CHAIR…

Let me just remind everyone that these children are our collective responsibility. They deserve better, and I urge my colleagues to support my amendment to this appropriations bill. Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time. The…

Last week The Washington Post reported that the administration is canceling English classes, recreational programs, and legal aid for unaccompanied minors in migrant shelters. The largest of these shelters, the Homestead detention…

Today as we mark Gun Violence Awareness Month, we wear orange to remember the victims of gun violence. We remember Parkland. We remember Pulse and Charleston and Pittsburgh. We remember Virginia Beach. We remember the children of Liberty…

We should not be repeating mistakes of the past.

On Monday, the Rules Committee met and reported a rule, House Resolution 415, providing for consideration of H.R. 6, the American Dream and Promise Act, under a closed rule self- executing a manager's amendment. The rule provides 2 hours…

Mr. Secretary, I know you well enough to know that if you were in charge of education in Puerto Rico, you would be pretty upset if you had only drawndown 5 percent of the money.

By direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 415 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 415 Resolved, That upon adoption of this resolution it shall be in order to…

I am particularly concerned, Secretary Brogan, about the delays in the restart funds to Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

I would argue that accreditation, as currently structured, is not fulfilling its job, for any of the institutional sectors.

In Florida and many other States, LGBTQ Americans are still at risk of being fired, evicted, and denied services because of their sexual orientation or gender identity. LGBTQ people confront discrimination throughout their entire lives…

This amendment expresses the sense of Congress that the secretary should not do anything that prohibits State insurance commissioners from allowing for so-called silver loading. Let me walk you through how we got to this point. Because…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Add at the end of title II the following new section: SEC. 205. SENSE OF CONGRESS RELATING TO THE PRACTICE…

The administration must stop trying to sabotage the Affordable Care Act. My amendment expresses that it is the sense of Congress that the secretary of Health and Human Services shall not do anything to prohibit the use of silver loading, a…

I thank the California delegation for giving me this opportunity. I met Ellen Tauscher in the 1980s when I was the director of the American Stock Exchange and she was an officer. She was brilliant, and she had a heart of gold. We worked…

I appreciate the comments of the gentleman from Georgia, and I have enjoyed the opportunity of working with him on the Rules Committee. We are not objecting to what was done in 1996. We are saying to the States that they must cover…