I urge the committee to ensure childcare benefits are equitable among all congressional employees.

We should make sure that this considerable expense is easier on our staff and that we are fair.

The challenges with cost and access are inherent to any discussion on childcare and cannot be discounted.

Childcare is one of the biggest challenges for congressional staff, in maintaining congressional staff, and hurts our retention.

I feel like the Fed is more obsessed with wages than they are in regards to the monopolies, the corporate profiteering.

What we saw during the pandemic is the wealthy and the corporations continued to profit in large scale.

Corporate profiteering does impact inflation.

What are we doing to make LGBTQ community unsafe in this Chamber?

nearly 20 percent of all hate crimes are now motivated by LGBTQ+ bigotry in our country.

These are folks, residents who have to take on the big banks, the mortgage companies, the credit card companies, the credit reporting agencies.

I want you to know that this has been an incredible experience being on this committee with you as the chairwoman.