Brenda Lawrence

I am proud to be a cosponsor of this legislation and happy to say every Democratic member of the subcommittee supports this legislation.

Water is a basic human need and we have to treat it as such. It is not a luxury.

I pray to God we never had another Flint situation.

The arrogance of individuals to target Federal employees where the criticism of Federal employees is, one, that you are a public servant, I am paying your salary; therefore, you should make less...

Do you recognize you need to improve in that area?

There is, I feel, a very direct need to address the term 'overbooking.' It implies lack of efficiency.

It is a great example of how we work together. I thank the gentlewoman from Indiana for her leadership.

Of particular concern during the audits we found that the CI information critical to the strategic management of the program was unsophisticated, automated system that hindered ATF's ability to report information in an efficient and…

I was devastated to see the Draconian cuts being made to NIH.

Cancer research is something that impacts all of us, not just Democrats or Republicans.

I was a mayor for 14 years, and the question of if we do not clean it up, who will, I represent Detroit.

I want to thank you for this hearing.

I am--I represent the--a part of Michigan. And so the Flint water situation was something that was extremely emotional, and something that has reconfirmed my commitment to clean water in America, and protecting our families and our health…

In America we are going to start seeing water affordability being an issue in our cities, because we have to fund them, we have to provide safe, clean water.

When we talk about rolling back Federal civil service protections, understand... these protections, it has a chilling effect.

TSA's arbitrary and inconsistent personnel actions against its employees not only affect morale, but they also create serious risk to aviation security.

I cochair the Congressional Investment in America's Skilled Workforce Caucus, and our mission is to scale up the American workforce.

I am sure that everyone in this room will agree when I state that in today's global economy, a modern transportation infrastructure network is critical.

I am so committed to the postal reform, but tied to that is our customer service performance.

Chairman, we need to get answers to these basic questions.

Do you know if General Flynn ever reported how much he paid--how much he was paid for his trip?

So you don't know if he has a clearance, correct?

The form also asks the question, and I quote: 'Have you in the past 7 years provided advice or support to any individual associated with a foreign business or foreign organization?'

I know you would never purposely not recognize me, Mr. Chairman.

We have a responsibility, and we have been talking about this.