Frederica Wilson

Unemployment insurance benefits are second with the bang for buck of $1.46.

We must acknowledge the role that race plays in the distribution of wealth and benefits in this country if we are to ever address it.

the wealth gap is one of the reasons that we are seeing such a disparate impact of COVID-19 in communities of color

One dollar spend in food assistance will generate $1.67 in GDP a year from now.

When America gets a cold, Black America gets pneumonia.

if we don't address the immediate crisis as well as think about addressing the wealth gap, we stand to see that wealth gap widening significantly

That only gets your foot in the door. That just keeps you from being eliminated in that first round.

Without paid sick leave, workers forego earnings that are essential and critical to the economic well-being of their households.

I don't know that parents will feel very confident in sending their students back to school if we don't have consistent, enforceable standards that are in place.

We need those additional funding to improve the conditions in our schools.

To try to use it for private schools and voucher schemes is unacceptable.

I cannot tell you how proud I am of our teachers all over this country who are, once again, standing in the gaps for our students.

Betsy DeVos' misguided equitable service guidance threatens to redirect critical resources away from disadvantaged students.

Our students of color, our students with special needs already--already--were at a disadvantage.

She is the most unqualified Secretary of Education we have ever had.

Low-income children and children of color already face enormous barriers to success.

We have the twin pandemics, not only the COVID-19, but of the institutional racism in this country.

Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 71--H.R. 35; ``yea'' on rollcall No. 72--H.R. 4852; and ``yea'' on rollcall No. 73--H.R. 2490. ____________________

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I rise in support of H.R. 2474, the Protecting the Right to Organize Act, or the great PRO Act. The Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, which I am privileged to chair, conducted…

It is absolutely incredible and we have never experienced anything like this before in the railroad industry.

Preventing grade crossing collisions and fatalities is a major challenge in Florida where passenger and freight railroad tracks stretch across the State.

I urge FRA to review these incidents and issue recommendations.

There is no question that our country is facing a maternal and infant health crisis.

If we are to stop this crisis we must all work together and address the complex issues in maternal and infant health.

As a nation with some of the most advanced obstetric and emergency care, we can and should do better.