Brenda Lawrence

You can't tell me what the problem is more than once because once you can identify it, then let's get about fixing it.

When are we going to start planning? And what is the plan to address these underlying conditions in the Black community, which I know are multiple?

I believe it is absolutely critical that we act on these disparities to develop a plan for research.

This is not something that should be repeated.

We need an independent commission to study, to understand what went wrong.

We need the Department to provide us with the information and documents that we asked for so Congress can get to the bottom of this.

I am horrified and dismayed, as you watched on television as the rioters breached the Capitol.

Every Member on that floor was running for their life. It was absolutely unacceptable.

I don't give a darn who the President was.

I think this committee should really look at the model that has become the point of the identification having a trained response.

I really feel that the mental health survival of our country is based upon our leadership.

We have a crisis when it comes to the mental health workforce.

We needed mental health trained professionals so that they could care for these children.

I think in our commitment to developing a skilled workforce that we need to look at Pell Grants and other resources for those who choose not to go to a 4-year university.

And I don't want to leave without talking about student debt. Black women carry the largest amount of student debt in America.

I want to commend the Biden administration for proposing the largest one-time increase in this program since 2009.

I believe this legislation is a meaningful first step toward promoting access to postsecondary education.

I reintroduced the Pell to Grad Act, legislation that would extend students' lifetime Pell Grant eligibility to 16 semesters.

Women are not opting out of the workplace. They are being pushed out of the workplace.

I have had to, as chair of this subcommittee, really lobby, fight hard for increased funding.

We cannot build back better unless we build back with women.

The only response we have is a police officer pulling up and discharging a weapon.

President Biden has stated that we have a gun violence epidemic in this country, and we must address it.

I did an emergency task force on black youth suicide and mental health because we saw that there was an uptick in that community.

Help is more than just a concept. It is here.