Lois Frankel

I am especially concerned about the Syrian stabilization assistance.

I want to thank the committee for including language that will authorize the Department of Defense to include the role of women in their research on the National Strategy on Countering Violent Extremism. Mr. Chairman, we are learning every…

We have, from this administration, what I call abortion hysteria. Because of this hysteria, you're cutting off health care to women all over the world.

So, basically, contraceptive services--I am not talking abortion--contraceptive services are being cut off.

The global gag rule has been expanded to not--again, this is not--we are not talking about the Federal funding of abortion.

If I really had my way I would be yelling and screaming because--and not at you, yet.

We've heard a lot in this committee about the undeniable link between the treatment of women and global peace and security.

Advancing women's economic equality toward parity with men could add trillions, and I mean trillions and trillions of dollars to the global GDP in just 7 years.

If women, who account for half the world's working-age population, do not achieve their full economic potential the global economy will suffer.

I thank you for your sponsorship of H.R. 5105, the BUILD Act of 2018.

I know we all agree, everybody, that Iran should never get a nuclear weapon, and there's no conflict between believing that and those of us who agree that the deal was flawed.

If you translate that out, that would be $4 million. As I said, the President's safety is paramount, and the impact to the local business is a problem. So there is a provision in this amendment that requires the FAA to study the economic…

I thank the leadership of this committee for their work. Mr. Chairman, I rise to support the en bloc amendment, and I wanted to specifically mention a provision that is very important to the folks who are in Palm Beach County and also…

It's not like it was a surprise. The President tweeted this out days before.

I think the President should have come to this Congress for a military authorization before these air strikes.

This inconsistency is not very helpful.

I think Mr. Trump has sort of a whackadoo behavior, how he goes about all these things.

The world is poorer, too. According to McKinsey Global Institute, a leading international private sector think tank, if we change this equation and advance women's equality, we could add $28 trillion to the global GDP in just 7 years.

This administration has gone further than ever, and we know that past versions have resulted in the rise in maternal deaths and unwanted pregnancy.

Are you or how are you redirecting USAID funding to make up for cutting back on the U.N. FPA?

I am distraught by what I see as our President's misogynist policy and back-stepping policy on women's health.

I agree with the generals and our chairman, who say we cannot bomb our way into peace.

I join with millions of Americans and the students who are walking out today and who are saying enough is enough for the gun violence in America. Seventeen families in Parkland, Florida, are living a nightmare, and our hearts ache for them…

Ignoring half of the population in the fight against radicalism leaves us with a strategic blind spot.

A person sends their child to school and expects that they are going to come home safely. I am so sad for the grieving families of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland. Innocent children--gone in a blink. I am thankful for…