Robin Kelly

I would like to take this time to discuss my appropriations funding request of $750 million for Community Based Gun Violence Prevention.

It is time for accountability and transparency. The American people deserve the truth about your company's role in this epidemic.

History is sacred and should not be changed and altered in any way.

The integrity of books and history and stories within their pages must be embraced and preserved by all, for all.

Books celebrate our shared history and they should not be banned.

That is why I support Rep. Debbie Dingell's Better Care, Better Jobs Act, which would invest $150 billion into funding for home-and community-based services through Medicaid and the development of care infrastructure and labor force.

One thing I wanted to say really quickly, yes, when the Affordable Care Act was passed, I wasn't here, but it was just the beginning. It wasn't the end.

Those of us who support Medicare for All believe that every single person who lives in this country should have that level of care.

It is time for America to guarantee comprehensive, affordable health care to all.

The American people deserve so much more and so much better.

It is a scandal and it is a shame.

Black women and girls are too often ignored when they go missing, and they go missing at a much higher rate than white women.

The issue of missing black, brown, and indigenous women and girls in America is truly an epidemic and critically important to me.

We must act to ensure that Federal law enforcement is fully coordinating with the Western states that have created missing and murdered indigenous women task forces.

I am very concerned about expanding access to health care and advancing the health of vulnerable communities across this country.

Nearly $21 million in excess company profits may not sound like a lot in the context of $768 billion defense budget.

I would like to show a picture of this part and a chart of TransDigm's excess profits.

For example, TransDigm sells a part called the plain encased seal that is used on the B-22 Osprey aircraft.

Despite this law, I am still concerned that our cybersecurity standards have not kept pace with the rise of IoT devices.

We need to make sure that we are taking a deep look at how this proposal to move fentanyl-related substances to Schedule I may perpetuate the existing racial disparities in our criminal justice system.

I continue to be concerned about using the criminal justice system to address a public health issue.

It is time for Congress to act, and we can begin by passing the Build Back Better Act to combat climate change

Your companies all claim to have net zero ambitions, and since you all claim to support the Paris Agreement, then you should have net zero greenhouse gas emissions by mid-century.

We do need to increase accountability to make sure that all clinical trials are--racial and ethnic disparities and diseases.

While it is important to increase research funding for cancer and other diseases to identify new treatments, we also need to ensure that clinical trials are reflective of racial disparities and disease.