Madam Chair, I rise in strong opposition to H.R. 836, the Emergency Mortgage Relief Program Termination Act. The Emergency Mortgage Relief Program, also known as the Emergency Homeowners Loan Program, EHLP, was established to help…

Thank you. Relatively new Member. I am really glad to join the two of you in honoring and acknowledging the work of our Federal workers. Ms. Edwards and I sit on the same Transportation and Infrastructure Committee; and, yes, it was quite…

Thank you. When we think about the kinds of resources in our country that everyone enjoys, think about our national parks. What a tremendous resource for all of us, and so many families go to all of our national parks. Guess who is there…

You mentioned Ms. Edwards and about exploration and about meteorologists. Well, the astronaut program, that's a Federal program. We had a wonderful astronaut from Hawaii, Ellison Onizuka, who tragically lost his life in the Challenger…

I move to strike the last word. The Acting CHAIR. The gentlewoman from Hawaii is recognized for 5 minutes.

Madam Chair, an amendment offered earlier directing the Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Secretary of the Treasury to study the negative impacts of underwater mortgages on the housing market and on…

I think that there is a growing consensus around the idea of supporting quality early education.

Every dollar we spend on quality early learning really comes back to us many times fold, up to $17 worth.

We should be putting programs like the SRF at the top of our priority list, and effectively funding the key responsibilities of agencies like yours.

No community can thrive or even survive without clean water and efficient wastewater management systems.

If we underfund the core responsibilities of the EPA, which includes effectively enforcing our environmental laws, we not only undermine job creation, but we are also playing chicken with public health and safety in the future.