Danny Davis

In closing, I thank Chairman Smith and Chairman LaHood for their partnership on this important bill that would improve and invest in child welfare services under title IV- B and ensure that State and Tribal support agencies can continue…

I want to thank you for being here again and just sharing a perspective.

As a matter of fact, I and a coalition of community agencies just returned on Saturday from visiting the Sheridan facility as part of Fatherhood Week and Fatherhood Day, and it was off the charts.

I would certainly like to work with you to try and help reduce and alleviate them.

I want to thank all of the witnesses for the care and attention that you have given to your responses and to your positions.

Peace is not only found in treaties, covenants, and charters, but in the hearts of men.

I want to convey all of our best wishes to our colleague, Dwight Evans, who could not join in person today.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. And before I begin my statement, I want to thank you for the hearing and thank the witnesses for coming.

The only real deliverables were growing the bank accounts of the wealthy and well-connected.

My Republican colleagues falsely claim that they want the Child Tax Credit to go only to working parents.

I helped champion many of the key 2021 EITC and CDCTC enhancements like lowering the EITC age to 19 for all workers, or 18 for foster or homeless youth, and giving working parents up to $8,000 for child care expenses.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. First of all, Commissioner, let me welcome and thank you and the Internal Revenue Services for its outstanding success in ensuring a fairer tax system in which the wealthy and well-connected pay their fair share.

This bipartisan bill would establish a partnership between the Federal Government and the private-sector to create voluntary interconnectivity standards.

I have been told that a half a loaf is better than none, but this isn't even a half a loaf, but I am going to vote for it because our families and businesses need help. While it does help, it does not create a 50 percent reduction in child…

Foster youth have told me that they need connections with loving adults and to stay in touch with their families.

These outcomes are appalling, and we must do more to help them.

This perpetual crisis promotion prevents us from addressing real problems like child poverty, the childcare crisis, and helping older foster youth.

Their voices must shape our work.

If Dallas County does not receive an increase in authorization, this Congress would be responsible for an unacceptable waste of taxpayer dollars.

We all lose, and importantly each and every one of our constituents lose, if we aren't able to pass this bill.

I hope this Committee will take direction from the Army Corps of Engineers, who requested this increase in authorization.

I want to express my support for two projects under their administration and oversight in North Carolina's First Congressional District--the Tar-Pamlico River Basin project and the Princeville, North Carolina project.

Flooding is a recurring issue in eastern North Carolina due to frequent hurricanes, tropical storms, and heavy rainfall.

To that end, consistent with IIJA congressional intent, I request that the Committee adjust funding levels to ensure that the federal government continues to cover 100 percent of the cost.

I, alongside Senators Durbin and Duckworth, request that Congress directs the USACE to complete a Reevaluation Report for the East St. Louis, and Vicinity, Illinois Ecosystem Restoration and Flood Damage Reduction Project.