The congressional EMP Commission issued a report in 2008 identifying 16 segments of our infrastructure that could suffer severe damage if not protected.

I address you today in strong opposition to H.J. Res. 43. The resolution undermines the purpose of the D.C. Council antidiscrimination bill. D.C. residents deserve to be protected from discrimination in the workplace. Everyone should have…

You do know if there is an environment where you feel you are not going to be heard and there are consequences, filing of the formal complaints does not negate your responsibility for a work environment, you know that?

In this training, is it stressed upon you that your obligation is to address any complaint of alleged sexual harassment or a hostile work environment?

You failed these 17 women over the course of the years and you cannot divorce yourself from it because it was a supervisor.

I find it unacceptable and hard to understand how we are paying people without having an H.R. system that validates who we are paying.

I just look forward to joining with you to address this issue.

It is important that the Department of Energy will be able to sell and swap uranium in order to support objectives of the agency.

However, the agency must be careful that all of its uranium transactions are carried out in accordance with the law.

Over 250 credit unions have their headquarters in my state of Michigan, and more than 4.5 Michiganders have membership in these credit unions.

It is also critical that we maintain a robust domestic uranium industry which is particularly important to the States of Wyoming and Utah where the bulk of our uranium is mined.

As you consider national security provisions that focus on cyber warfare, I respectfully ask that you consider the great State of Michigan and its ability to support our national cyber missions.

I would like to express my strong support for the 110th Attack Wing of the Michigan Air National Guard in Battle Creek, Michigan, to host a cyber squadron.

Warfare is changing. We are in a time of fighting on multiple fronts using weapons we cannot have even imagined during the Vietnam era.

Cybersecurity is also a gender-neutral occupation, allowing both men and women to serve our country and protect our Nation as equals.

We must do more to prevent enemies from using our cyber vulnerabilities against us.

Projections show that a cyber operation squadron at Battle Creek, Michigan, would save $2.2 million, compared to a location without such capabilities.

These values in the Secret Service which is worthy of trust and confidence.

It is extremely important. Thank you. It is extremely important, and those of us who understand the cry of the people for housing, and understand the impact of homelessness on Americans today, funding of housing, affordable housing, is…

ICE has no discretion for the release of many of these individuals.

Let us demonstrate with our words and our dollars that the funding for equality should happen at home just as it does abroad.

I want to thank the Committee and those of you who are testifying. The women owned and veteran owned businesses and our commitment through the SBA is something that I am very committed to, but we must find ways to validate and eliminate as…

To promote gender quality, we have to ensure that our military training reflects the true nature of combat rather than outdated notions of what it means to be a good soldier.

And to my colleagues, thank you for yielding. I am here today to speak in my support for the Congressional Progressive Caucus alternative budget and their fight for greater access to affordable housing. As you know, I was previously a…

The 2013 goals for awarding contracts to Service disabled veteran owned businesses has surpassed the three percent statutory goal.