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

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

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

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

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

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

We move our Nation in the right direction by ensuring that the infrastructure package is inclusive.

We know that the American Society of Civil Engineers 2018 report stated that Michigan received an overall grade of a D-plus.

One of my top priorities in the 117th Congress is to 'fix the damn roads,' a pointedly accurate statement championed by Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer.

Let us be clear about one thing: social infrastructure is infrastructure, and it is critical to our overall competitiveness.

We cannot rebuild back better if it is not rebuilt back better by all of our community.

We need to ensure that we are open and inclusive in letting of the contracts of these billions of dollars that we are going to invest in our infrastructure.

For example, the Paycheck Fairness Act takes us closer to closing the gender pay gap, and the FAMILY Act established a comprehensive national family leave program, and the Child Care for Working Families increased affordable childcare.

I want to say thank you, first of all, to my Chairman Cartwright for yielding and I look forward to working with you as a second term member of CJS and under your leadership is an honor for me.

As a co-chair of the Democratic Women's Caucus, I am pleased to lead this Special Order in celebration of Women's History Month. Throughout March, we recognize the women leaders, trailblazers, and pioneers who come before us. We have…

I want to focus on issues faced by too many female inmates during this pandemic.

the women in prison get the same budget as the men, but men do not need medications to help navigate through menopause

I thank my amazing co-chair for everything she does. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Florida (Ms. Wasserman Schultz).

Recently, President Biden announced his administration's American Jobs Plan, including an effort to invest heavily in workforce development.

May I inquire how much time I have remaining. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from Michigan has 14 minutes remaining.

So, Director, I find these reports to be incredibly disappointing.

I would be willing to work with you to remove any barriers.

I need to know, because I have visited prisons, and I have been told that, because of the budget, that each facility is given the same budget.