Danny Davis

It's no secret that I have and will continue to advocate for programs that empowers individuals to be self-sufficient.

At its current funding level, the program cannot begin to service the roughly 700 thousand citizens released annually.

6.6 million young adults up to the age of 26 now have health insurance through their parent's insurance.

One of the things that I have noted is 105 million Americans have had a lifetime limit on their coverage eliminated, which I find to be quite commendable.

6.1 million seniors in the donut hole have received savings on their prescription drugs. These savings total $5.7 billion overall and averaged $706 per senior in 2012.

And I am telling you I believe with all my heart that the reason we are not seeing robust recovery right now is consternation over small and medium and big business with regard to these rules and regulations.

I feel that there is a tremendous amount of myth that is projected, percolated about the willingness of people and the desire of individuals to work.

Part of this strategy should include the President's call for an increase in the minimum wage.

Instead of focusing on whether a waiver authority is being misused or whether people are misusing their check at a liquor store, it seems to me the fundamental concern ought to be on how we do more to lift people out of poverty and have…

This notion somehow that there are these vast numbers of people who want to live off public help, I think is more myth than reality.

OMB estimates that consolidating Federal data centers could save us between $3 and $5 billion.

I was thinking that the people in my district would really appreciate listening to this discussion.

For almost a decade now, I have advocated to draw on the successes of the Adoption Incentives program in increasing adoptions.

I think it is a very important one as we attempt to improve the Adoption Incentives Act.

I didn't vote to line the pockets of any executives or to provide bonuses where it didn't appear to me that bonuses were warranted.

I think that employers who hire someone who has been unemployed for, for example, more than 6 months, or employers who hire someone such as a veteran, should be rewarded, should be rewarded for taking that chance.

Thank you very much. And thank you, Mr. Chairman. I yield back.

Well, thank you very much. I can see why you have been Woman of the Year, and I suspect you will continue to be Woman of the Year.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. And I want to thank all of the witnesses, not only for their patience, but for their testimony.

Her mother also worked with the Honorable John Lewis when she was 16 years old on the staff of Dr. Martin Luther King.

I think it reinforces for anyone who has any doubt of the impact, that the program, through the utilization of resources that came from the United Way and other places, played a significant role.

I am indeed, as a strong supporter of the arts, I am pleased to welcome Jimalita Tillman.

The more control individuals have over the use of whatever they give or is extracted from them, the more likely they are to give more.

I applaud you for holding this historic hearing to discuss the problem of and potential remedies for the school-to-prison pipeline.

We will all owe you a tremendous debt of gratitude because you will have helped put the spotlight on one of America's most glaring but most elusive problems.