the Federal Government use all levers of power to ensure that taxpayer money to support this industry is used in support of creating and maintaining good union jobs.

This cannot be a process where workers are an afterthought, where we just leave it up to the--you know, the decisions made in corporate board rooms.

this egregious decision that I reference is one of the reasons why I introduced the Union Autoworkers Job Protection Act.

the fact that we are in now a position to see this action taken I think is in many ways a testament to his long work in this subject.

This unequal treatment means that access to healthcare is often at risk in the event of a government shutdown.

I have been advocating for parity between IHS and other federal health programs.

the problem that we have though is that in many of the communities like my hometown, water is really expensive.

The federal government, as we know, has a trust responsibility to ensure uninterrupted health access for Tribal Communities.

I was happy that we were able to work together to form the Low Income Housing Household Water Assistance Program, secured a billion dollars for that effort.

we have a moral obligation to help our veterans, we have a moral obligation to help seniors who have contributed to the Medicare program, we have a moral obligation to our children to make sure that they can grow up health and we provide…

To my friend from Arizona, I appreciate his passion. I wish it were true that he had somehow cured diabetes. It would be great news for my daughter and so many other Americans who say that they are looking for that cure. In the meantime…

So thank you for that effort.

I was disappointed that the budget request calls for funding the Flint Registry at a lower level than was passed.

I do appreciate the focus of this proposal on infrastructure, on strengthening the middle class, on supporting law enforcement in particular.

To truly protect our democracy, we need truth. Truth is clear as this shard of broken glass that I have carried with me for the last 365 days.

That is why I was proud to cosponsor Representative Dingell's PFAS Action Act, an expansive bill to regulate, cleanup PFAS contamination.

we have this obligation to protect communities, and especially to protect those firefighters.

I was able to secure $95 million in the Build Back Better Act, which hopefully will come to the President's desk in the not too distant future, to replace firefighting foam containing PFAS.

this task force now has more than sixty Members, and it's because, as we discover the extent of PFAS contamination, Members of Congress understand that we have this responsibility to step up and defend the people that we work for.

Thank you very much to the two Chairs for holding this really important hearing.

I just want to say what a great opportunity it's been for me to serve, and continue to serve for the next year or so, with Chairwoman Johnson.

We obviously have to get serious about strengthening our domestic semiconductor supply chain, and we have to act now to save American jobs.

We do have our differences, but we work them out in, I think, a mostly civil manner, and that's really important.

You have to use every tool we can to get to the truth. There has to be a consequence to the failure to follow the law.

Today, I rise to recognize an incredible leader in mid-Michigan, Angie Hendershot. For the past 25 years, my constituents in Flint, Saginaw, and Bay City have welcomed Angie Hendershot into their homes as a reporter and anchor with ABC…