Lois Frankel

Anyway, this is the advertisement. We got your back. And the fact of the matter is, as I said, The world is out to get you. Thankfully, we got you. And they did get Lilly, who I am here to talk about today, because on her visit to the…

It is great to be with the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Speier). I thought maybe we could have some sort of a colloquy. The gentlewoman looks like she is up to it.

Madam Chair, if I could just have one more question, which is have you had anybody--have you had any directives from the Trump administration to either discontinue or change research on reproductive health?

That process is keeping children and families separated.

I stand in support of this very important legislation, the Raise the Wage Act. Mr. Speaker, they are your mothers, your daughters, your sisters, your grandmothers. They are your childcare workers, your home health aides, your retail…

Let me just say this. The Department of Defense says that nothing in this amendment would impact missile defense cooperation with Israel. I just want to end by saying: Enough is enough. Diplomacy, not more nuclear weapons. Mr. Chairman, I…

Let me just respond by saying, according to the Department of Defense, there is nothing in this amendment that would impact missile defense test systems. Mr. Chair, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from New York (Mr. Engel).

I am too excited, Madam Speaker. This is why so many women end up in poverty. I want to just say this over and over: women go to work for the same reason men go to work, and that is to take care of their families. Regardless of the…

My community is still very upset about this, and I hope there will be another opportunity to really flush this out.

I have limited time, and I am sorry, I am not trying to be rude with you.

But what happened? I mean, there was an article that said, I mean, you could tell me.

I think sex trafficking is one of the scourges of humanity right now.

I urge you to take a look at Representative DeLauro's bill, the Family Act, because I think that is a much better way to go.

I reference you to take a look at Representative DeLauro's Family Act, which I think really is a very good way to go.

I could tell you that many people in my community are upset that it seems like a sexual predator was allowed on the loose.

So I am just saying, so you would like to have some funding in that area?

I agree with our chairs and our ranking member in terms of increasing, not decreasing your budget.

Will proposed budget cuts affect efforts in that, and what more could we be doing--

It seems to me the harm--the potential harm to the victim is the same.

I think you agree with me that an assailant shouldn't be allowed to sit next to a victim.

Would you agree that a victim of sexual assault should not be required to sit in a classroom with a perpetrator, day after day?

I think we can both--we can all agree that the response of the survivors' community is very important for their recovery.

I don't agree with some of these budget cuts but thank you so much for being here.

I think the women of this country are going to be done under your Administration, but thank you for being here.

If you are for more life and better life, then you should do something about these family separations because you are ruining the lives of thousands of children.