"I know that our committee is committed to making sure that they are no longer an afterthought moving forward."
"FEMA did include climate change in its strategic plan over a number of years as a considerable threat to our country."
"This topic is critically important to us in the Illinois 14th District. My community in northern Illinois is facing increasing threats dues to flooding along the Fox River in McHenry County."
"Like many of us, people in my community in Illinois have experienced surprise billing and I frequently hear from constituents about their struggles to afford health care even health care more broadly ..."
"Thank you for holding this really important hearing today and I would like to thank our panelists for being here and for your really comprehensive written testimony."
"From a medical perspective, if you wanted to purposely design a policy to be cruel to hurt children, you would design it to look a lot like this administration's family separation policy."
"Tearing kids and their parents apart like this immoral--ma'am, it is un-American and it is just plain wrong."
"Securing our chemical facilities is vital to our National security and to ensure that our communities remain safe."
"The gender pay gap in my district is shockingly bad. For every dollar that men... women make 71 cents."
"if you're working full time to support your family right now at the Federal minimum wage, you are making $15,080 a year. That is not a livable salary anywhere in America today."
"I am really encouraged by research showing that gradually raising the minimum wage can help reduce wage inequality and have a positive effect on women's economic security."