Sharice Davids

We certainly have an obligation to ensure that small businesses across the country are helped and not hurt by regulatory guardrails.

Climate change and related severe weather events have changed the disaster landscape and strained capacity and resources at local, State, and the Federal level.

Natural disasters amplify existing disparities in our society, and it should go without saying that the Government must address the needs of every American equally during recovery.

But FEMA cannot do everything alone. Congress has to do our part.

It's critical that the Federal Government recognizes the magnitude of emergency managers' workloads and support policies.

I thank the gentlewoman from New York (Ms. Velazquez) for yielding. Mr. Speaker, it is no secret that our Nation's entrepreneurs face challenges in starting and operating small businesses. Finding a skilled workforce, establishing an…

I can attest that these challenges are often more pronounced in Tribal communities.

I think this is a great example of the ways that we can work together to improve the entrepreneurial pursuits of the folks in our communities.

When Roe v. Wade was overturned, people were scared. They feared for the future of their rights and ability to make deeply personal decisions about their own bodies. I have heard from many people who are concerned that their children and…

I have a motion to recommit at the desk. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to recommit. The Clerk read as follows: Ms. DAVIDS of Kansas moves to recommit the bill H.R. 6918 to the Committee on Ways and Means. The…

I have been excited to work with folks on both sides of the aisle, including some of the folks you guys got to meet today on the Affordable Housing Credit Improvement Act which is a bipartisan piece of legislation.

I think when we are looking at an area that is mostly suburban but has a lot of rural parts we want to make sure that the housing is going up but that it is not too expensive for folks to be able to afford.

I thank the gentlewoman from New York (Ms. Velazquez) for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to speak in strong support of the Successful Entrepreneurship for Reservists and Veterans Act, or the SERV Act, which I introduced alongside my…

The success of the women's business centers and that program cannot be overstated.

Thank you. That is really helpful. And my office will follow up about the timeline and make sure we are all on the same page.

I know that to date, we have seen $2.3 billion in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding being announced.

I am hoping to hear a little bit about how you are viewing that disbursement process.

There is also a whole new world of--we saw this because of the pandemic--of our hospitals and healthcare leaning into things like telemedicine.

It is definitely our duty to support them however we can, both during and after their service.

I would encourage my colleagues to vote in favor of the SERV Act and support successful entrepreneurship for our veterans.

Our nation's veterans are uniquely prepared to become entrepreneurs and to lead small businesses.

The bill would transfer the former reservation lands from the Army back to the Corps and held in trust.

Being in Congress can be hard sometimes, because it is kind of heartbreaking to spend so much time trying to get here...

there are few people that are better situated to become entrepreneurs than people who are exiting service.

I have a bill that I introduced in the last Congress... called the SERV Act that actually--it is a bipartisan bill.