The CLEAN Future Act also incorporates the Energy Resilient Communities Act.

the ARP was a meaningful response to that challenge.

one of the things that the American Rescue Plan did was it built, as we know, on the Affordable Care Act in significant ways

I am very pleased today to be reintroducing my legislation entitled Protecting Americans with Preexisting Conditions to ensure the consumer protections from the ACA cannot be undermined.

We know there's challenges. There is growing demand. There is the need for reliability.

What changed is the population of the District changed from White to Black.

I am thrilled that we have included in the LIFT America Act the 21st Century Power Grid Act.

We know we have to lift up the water infrastructure across the country, the electric grid, et cetera.

Eleanor Holmes Norton has put forward is that solution: statehood for the District of Columbia.

the disenfranchisement of Washingtonians is one of the most glaring remaining civil rights issues of our time.

All of that shows that we have got to adapt our grid to 21st century requirements.

I want to thank Congresswoman Holmes Norton for her amazing leadership over so many years.

I am a very proud sponsor of the LIFT America Act. This is a terrific bill, represents a lot of collaboration by many Members.

You're comfortable with the fact that 700,000 residents of the District of Columbia will continue to be disenfranchised.

I think it is a terrific idea, this accelerator, and I would emphasize your phrasing here, that it can help stimulate innovation.

I am particularly interested today in the focus on communities and in particular how the CLEAN Future Act can take action to protect and uplift communities across the country and in my State of Maryland.

There is no passion greater than fighting for your constituents.

I thank madam chair, Zoe Lofgren, for her incredible work on this bill. Madam Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 1, the For the People Act, a bill that was designed to respond to the deep cynicism so many Americans feel when they…

If you get fair elections in place but, when the Representatives get to Washington they get taken hostage by the special interests and still get influenced by the big money, then you haven't solved our problem as the American people who…

It allows continued access to medical care for patients while protecting the health of both the patients and the medical staff that are serving them.

We know that school-based health centers provide high-quality, comprehensive primary healthcare, mental health services, preventive care, social services, and youth development.

We have got our work cut out for us, Madam Chair.

the Trump administration has really waged an assault on telework.

during the pandemic, 75 percent of the Federal workforce has been in a telework status.

telework can help us there. It's something that's here to stay.