Robin Kelly

I am concerned about the long-term employment and economic implications of imposing higher tariffs.

I am very concerned because I represent a district which is urban, suburban, and rural, and it is home to numerous steel mills, farms, and service industry-based companies.

Given the tensions between our Nation and some of our neighbors with respect to increasing tariffs, this is such a timely and critical conversation.

The CARE Act, which I am cosponsoring, would invest $500 million per year in a Naloxone distribution program.

One of the most critical tools in addressing the opioid epidemic is the overdose reversal drug Naloxone.

I am very worried about the Veterans' Administration.

They need leadership.

I will continue to press in this area.

I have not committed a crime, by the way.

The growing rate of sophisticated data breaches and cyber attacks in the private and public sector have heightened concerns over the security and strength of Federal IT systems.

That is why the Modernizing Government Technology Act of 2017 is critical to shoring up our Nation's cybersecurity and moving us forward.

Improving the efficiency and security of the Federal Government's IT system is essential to our Nation's security.

We are not keeping pace with China, which is displayed in red.

These budget cuts take the United States in the wrong direction.

The future of U.S. innovation is at stake. This should be a cause of concern for everyone.

Current Federal funding levels are not keeping pace with the rest of the industrialized world.

I think we all agree that research and development is essential to continuing to improve the government's use of artificial intelligence.

I couldn't be in this job if I wasn't an optimist, believe me. I think people hear me. It is whether they are willing to act. There are bipartisan bills ready to go; bipartisan bills. Some bills are sponsored by Republicans, some by…

We need them when it comes to election interference. Putin has threatened European elections just as much as he has threatened elections here.

The U.S. has sought to use targeted sanctions against countries that violate international norms and undermine U.S. interests.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. And I want to add my voice to the chorus and thank you for all of your wonderful service to the United States and to this committee.

I thank Congresswoman Demings for those remarks, and I thank her for reminding us of the law enforcement officers who have lost their lives protecting us. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Connecticut (Ms. Esty), from the town…

Congresswoman Lee's words remind me of what I hear sometimes: we need to wait before we do anything; this group or that group or someone just died, and we are already talking about what we are going to do. It has been 5 years since…

I am sorry the Congresswoman had to read all of those names. Maybe, as we go on, things will change. We will learn and things will change. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from the great State of California (Ms. Lee), a member of…

The number-one mission of the VA is to care for our veterans, and a central part of that mission in delivering quality healthcare generally is tracking outcomes.