Mr. Chair, I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 53, line 18, after the dollar amount, insert ``(increased by $3,000,000)''. The Acting…

Mr. Chair, I rise today in support of my amendment, which would provide increased funding to support the DOJ's Community- Based Violence Prevention program. This program provides crucial funding to tackle the epidemic of violence ravaging…

I'm grateful that we are at a point in the pendulum switch shift here that we are looking at this as a public health crisis and epidemic, which we did not do with crack cocaine.

We have to move holistically. We have to move with urgency, and I do believe we need not only on-demand treatment, but it need to be culturally competent, it needs to be gender specific and responsive, and it needs to be trauma informed.

My father, like millions of Americans, as someone who battled heroin addiction, opioid addiction, and was in and out of the criminal justice system, committing crimes to support that addiction.

In my district there are four syringe service programs.

Madam Chair, I arrived from committee late. Had I been present, I would have voted ``nay'' on rollcall No. 324. Amendment No. 79 Offered by Ms. Jackson Lee The Acting CHAIR (Ms. Underwood). The unfinished business is the demand for a…

Opponents of syringe service programs have argued that these approaches fuel drug use rather than reduce the risk of disease.

Madam Chair, I could argue that this amendment will actually find administrative savings to cover healthcare costs. Further, it has been my experience that the elders and the grandparents I work with are deeply concerned about the state of…

Madam Chair, I not only rise in strong support of this amendment proposed by my colleague, Congresswoman Speier, but I rise today as a survivor of sexual violence. Let me be clear: Every single survivor of sexual assault and sexual…

Madam Chair, I rise as the designee of the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Speier), and I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 52, line 16…