Paid Family and Medical Leave Would Benefit 27.5 Million Latino Workers.

Georgia became the first State to ban the box. We stopped asking job applicants about their past incarceration when they were applying for State jobs.

We have reformed our child support systems because everyone wins when parents have jobs to support their children and their families.

I thank you so much, every one of you, for being here today, and we really have to work to continue to try to improve our justice system.

Having lost a son to one of those weapons, I am proud to be a co-sponsor of my colleague Representative Cicilline's bill--he is not here--the Disarm Hate Act.

My bill, the Federal Extremist Protection Order Act, could also be used by law enforcement to keep guns out of the hands of people that appear to be in crisis.

In November, the FBI released its hate crimes report, which found that there were more than 8,000 hate crimes offenses, and 57.5 percent were motivated by race, ethnicity, or ancestry bias.

I just want to thank you and all the FBI agents that work so diligently on behalf of the United States of America, trying to keep us safe from unnecessary gun violence and keep our communities safe.

So we could look and see a policy choice. If you say if I call the police, if I live in HUD housing or in Section 8 housing, because of intimate partner violence I can get kicked out, when I am pregnant that rule makes me at higher risk of…

As you know, FVPSA provides necessary funding to help survivors of domestic violence, and it should not go unaddressed today that there truly is a correlation between intimate partner violence and maternal health.

Research is clear, access to care and other socioeconomic factors play a significant role in maternal mortality rates in Georgia and throughout this country.

I lost my child to an epidemic, but it was an epidemic of gun violence.

I had to go on short-term disability just to be able to make sure that I brought my son into the world.

If we really want to improve intimate partner violence, if we really understand why it happens, that people are not just mad and sad and acting out, but they are a part of a larger system, then important for us to invest in both moms and…

And I also want to thank the panel for coming to address Congress on this very, very pressing issue.

This problem runs far deeper than many want to even acknowledge and we have a responsibility to these families to make sure that their safety and the health is the number one priority.

We have worked together. This week, my Republican colleague, Congressman Reschenthaler, and I were among a bipartisan group.

This agreement is huge. It is a huge win for our families, our workers and business owners.

I want to assure the American people and to give you hope that this is not true.

Yesterday, we voted to support the NDAA, legislation that will keep our country safe.

This Congress has been working very, very hard on behalf of the American people.

I stood up for families like mine. I stood up for families in Marietta, Georgia, who were terrified that they will send their kids to school and never see them come home.

We passed a bill that lowers the cost of prescription drugs for hundreds of millions of Americans.

I am so deeply saddened that our President has attacked our brave public servants. These attacks are an abuse of his power, and they betray our national interest.

He was attacked for doing his duty to tell the truth to the American people, correct?