It is an insult for us not to provide the care for women who are giving birth.

The United States of America is leading in maternal mortality. That is women dying in childbirth.

The ACA has increased access to care for every stage of children's lives, beginning with improved access to maternity care for better health outcomes for children.

But at the end of the day, if you still have veterans piling into their office of--the Members of Congress telling them that they're not being respected, they're not getting timely response, and that they need services that they cannot…

I hear consistently from the user, from the veterans, from those who are using the facility, their discontent, the lack of followup and the long waits.

It's about empowering the staff that you have the ability to address that issue.

Those work very well.

I feel there's a place for that. Even if we look at closing a facility, you must increase those CBOCs.

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I am proud to be here today, and I thank my colleagues, Representative Adams and Representative Underwood, for establishing the Black Maternal Health Caucus, of which I am a proud member. I also want to recognize my colleague Robin Kelly…

I will never support reducing delivery days.

However, the Postal Service must adjust to the times and must become a--not a profit-making--it concerns me when we say that we need to be competitive with private industry.

That is just like saying I need to run a race with everyone else, but I am going to tie your legs together.

Today, I rise in support of H.R. 1585, the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2019. I would like to first thank Representative Karen Bass, the sponsor of this legislation, for her support of this issue. As important as the…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: In section 6, strike ``Not later than'' and insert ``(a) In General.--Not later than''. In section 6, add…

I would really feel challenged to think that my colleague is unaware that there are young girls who are teenagers who work in restaurants and in other capacities, not because their parents want them to have activities but because they are…

According to recent reporting, the Trump administration is pursuing far fewer civil rights cases, including hate crimes...

We have before us now a situation that should not be evaluated through history, but evaluated through the urgency of the moment of now.

I ask that you look at that because that is critical.

I want to see, once we do our work and the funds are approved, I expect a fast turnaround to identify these communities.

It is important that we create that sense of energy in those communities.

I don't want excuses. I don't want, Well, you know, we don't have a plan yet, and then I get the pushback from the communities.

I want you to explain to me, do you understand your role, when you issue a statement abolishing the Affordable Care Act...

I do look forward to your release of the report next week, for it to be timely.