Ilhan Omar

In America, one out of five children struggle with hunger, and for many of these children, the free lunch and breakfast that they get in school is often the only meal they get to have.

My understanding is that we should care about every single child arriving in that school having the resources that they need to be able to get educated and be fully present.

I often say that budgets are a value statement, as you have many times in this Committee, and you said that we are committed to having promises kept.

We are talking about America's most vulnerable.

How can we expect them to reach their full potential?

We should care about every single child arriving in that school having the resources that they need.

I want to talk about the political influence in this country that says it is okay for people to push for allegiance to a foreign country.

We are paying off the top 1 percent on the backs of the rest of us.

Where are their benefits and where are their promises?

Yesterday in my office, I met with some veterans who are part of Common Defense...

Money for humanitarian aid does not seem to be a problem.

Thank you. My sister has been a nurse for 18 years and many of my constituents in CD5 in Minnesota, mainly Minneapolis, are people who are PCA's, nurses, assistant nurses and people who love taking care of their patients.

I was proud to co-sponsor the Yemen War Powers Resolution.

To me, there seems to be--an emblematic example is the horrific situation that is happening in Yemen.

Yes. Well, thank you. I think we are in agreement that sometimes in particular situations...

And many of these immigrants might be afraid to file complaints against discrimination or harassment or violence they might face in the workplace.

Clearly, the 2017 tax cuts were just a tool that our Republican colleagues used to help make their rich friends richer.

So I wonder if you have any suggestions for us here in Congress to provide protections for some of these vulnerable workers that a lot of people don't think about when they're putting protections in place.

I know with certainty the kind of anxieties that a lot of families have as they await the opportunity to get resettled and start a new life.

the ISIS bride was not a refugee that was resettled in this country.

most of us came as children, and we went through years of vetting and went through the process of becoming a citizen.

So sometimes there are a lot of conversations we have that are not really rooted in fact.

Clearly the pay gap is compounded by racial gap.

Happiness and prosperity for all is a really exciting conversation to be part of.

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